Encapsulating two widely divergent viewpoints on the Maoist movement in India, this book examines the complex political reality that the country confronts, including contributions by eminent scholars such as Samir Amin, Arundhati Roy, M. S. Swaminathan, Swapan Dasgupta, and interviews of B. K. Handique, Digvijay Singh, Nitish Kumar and Prakash Jha.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction Santosh Paul PART I: INTRODUCTION TO MAOISM 1. What Maoism has Contributed Samir Amin 2. Rumour of Maoism Aditya Nigam 3. The Maoist Insurgency in India: End of the Road for Indian Stalinism? Jairus Banaji (Interview by Spencer A. Leonard and Sunit Singh) PART II: REALITY AND EXPERIENCES 4. The State at the Doorstep Smita Gupta 5. A Really Dark Corner Madhavi Tata 6. Walking with Comrades Arundhati Roy 7. Here, Silence Speaks Volumes Supriya Sharma 8. Inside Maoistan Shafi Rahman 9. Address the Root Causes of Naxalism Sonia Gandhi 10. Nothing Very Civil About this War Shobhan Saxena 11. The Path Rarely Taken Dola Mitra 12. Through an Egyptian Mirror V. K. Mehta 13. Andhra’s Maoist Dens Turn Havens of Development Srinivasa Rao PART III: MINING, ENVIRONMENT 14. I Have Differed with Chidambaram on His Strategy, But We Remain Friends Digvijay Singh (Interview by Saba Naqvi) 15. No Back Door Entry to Private Firms for Mining B. K. Handique 16. Ironic? Story of the Great Indian Loot Shankar Raghuraman 17. Cannot Deny Links between Forest Departments and Mining Lobbies Jairam Ramesh (Interview by Shalini Singh) 18. As Forests Need Growth, Tribals Given the Go-By Nitin Sethi 19. An Eco-Visionary Par Excellence Jairam Ramesh PART IV: SOLUTIONS FOR DEALING WITH MAOISM 20. Force Alone Can’t Rout the Maoists Nitish Kumar 21. Maoism: The Alaska Fund Solution Santosh Paul 22. The Nation Should Adopt the Maoists’ Area Prakash Jha (Interview by Venkatesan Vembu) 23. No Military Solutions for Maoism Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar 24. Our Freedom was Born with Hunger, We’re Still Not F. Swaminathan (Interview by Saira Kurup) 25. The Wrong Diagnosis Chetan Bhagat 26. Force Should Be Met With Force Swapan Dasgupta 27. Grow Up M. S. Swaminathan 28. No Ifs or Buts, Defeat Maoist Violence Gurucharan Das 29. Maoism is Terrorism Shankkar Aiyar 30. Arms over People: Maoists in Bastar Nirmalangshu Mukherji PART V: COUNTER-MAOISM, RULE OF LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 31. Justice Krishna Iyer’s Plea to Manmohan Singh on Behalf of Binayak Sen 32. Salwa Judum Judgement of the Supreme Court (decided by B. Sudershan Reddy and Surinder Singh Nijjar, JJ). Bibliography
Author Bio
Santosh Paul, Advocate, Supreme Court of India.
