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Anna Hazare, Hello Bastar, India, Maoist, Naxal, Rahul Pandita
The timing of getting this book for review was possibly the best. Anna Hazare’s agitation was climaxing, Arnab Goswami was almost on the verge of having a massive coronary thrombosis by shouting himself hoarse, middle class, particularly a handful of self-proclaimed “right-wingers” were feeling empowered with playing their part in the second freedom movement, by sms-ing “proud to wear anna cap” slogans. (That somehow makes them Gandhian, but well!) Anti-establishment and civil disobedience feelings were running high, and people were venting their anti-authority revolutionary spirit, by crossing the road everywhere except the zebra crossing, jumping signals, and spitting on the pavements. Amidst such time, I got in my hand, the book, which claims to be “The untold story of India’s Maoist Movement”. Continue reading