Maoists in India: Writings & Interviews

Colorful Classics #5

by Azad

We, the friends of Cherukuri Rajkumar (Azad), present this bouquet of his writings and interviews collected from popular newspapers and websites, to all those who are interested to know the ideas of the Maoist politics in India in general and Azad’s articulation of the politics in particular. Azad has been our friend for more than thirty years and as much time, two thirds of his short life of 56 years, he spent developing, exploring, elucidating and debating these ideas. A voracious reader and prolific writer that he was, the writings collected here might be less than a tenth of his literary output. Much of his writing was anonymous or under different pseudonyms in clandestine journals and documents and we leave it for future research to prepare his collected works, most probably with active support from the party for which he was a spokesperson, member of Central Committee and Politbureau at the time of his brutal killing by police on July 2, 2010 in Adilabad forests of Andhra Pradesh.

Genres: Nonfiction, India, History

133 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

An engaging collection of essays and articles discussing the Maoist struggle in India. Somewhat repetitive at times because it's a bit of a collected works rather than a single narrative. A good snapshot of the outlook of the CPI Maoist through their official spokesman.

[ernst · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vermittelt einen guten Eindruck der maoistischen Bewegung in Indien.

Man bekommt die Grundanschauungen der indischen Maoistischen KP vermittelt, eine Analyse Indiens und seiner Probleme und wie die indischen Maoisten sie bereits in den von ihnen kontrollierten Stützpunktgebieten lösen und zukünfitg zu lösen gedenken, die schlechterdings faschistische Unterdrückung der nationalen Minderheiten und der Bauernschaft durch die indische Regierung, usw. Azad ist hervorragend darin, dem Bürgertum die verlogene Rede zu entmysifizieren und immer wieder die wahren Verhältnisse zu betonen. Gerade für revolutionäre Marxisten in den imperialistischen Ländern gibt es hier einiges von der politischen Reife dieser Bewegung zu lernen. Also meines Erachtens Pflichtlektüre für jeden ernsthaften Kommunisten, wenn das Buch auch notwendigerweise etwas repetetiv ist, wie ein anderer Rezensent richtig bemerkt.

Übrigens sind im Text noch n paar Druckfehler, wie beispielsweise Ziffern, die mal zu Fußnoten geführt haben, im Interview mit dem The Hindu-Magazin. FLP lektoriert generell gut, aber hier gibts noch was zu verbessern.

[Neha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sharp and concise

[Gage Hoefer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introduction to the Naxalite movement in eastern India and the repression and terrorization of the Adivasi people by Indian state forces.

[Karlo Mikhail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Significant eyeopener to the Naxalite struggle in India