Kerala Maoist encounter killing tore CPM’s “leftist” façade once again
The Kerala Maoist encounter that killed four suspected Maoists under the CPI(M)-led LDF’s watch in Palakkad, tore the ruling party’s “left” mask once again
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Vidyasagar’s statue demolition: The Naxal vs Hindutva fascist dichotomy
It’s imperative to do a comparative analysis of BJP’s smashing of Vidyasagar’s statue vis-a-vis the demolition of statues by the CPI(M-L) workers in 1970.
What is the Urban Naxal Story of Modi-fied India?
Ever since the Pune Police arrested five activist-intellectuals: Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bhardwaj and Varavara Rao, and accused them of being “Urban Naxals” conspiring against the Modi regime, the term -“Urban Naxal”- suddenly became a popular political identity from slur, used so far by demagogues of the ruling Hindutva fascist bloc to … Read more
The Spring Thunder That Refused to Cease
The spring thunder over India blazed for the first time in May 1967, 50 years ago, in a small hamlet of Darjeeling district of West Bengal called Naxalbari. Since then, despite several ups and downs and severe setbacks, the spark that was to ignite a prairie fire kept troubling the ruling classes of the country … Read more