A couple of days back I finished reading a non-fiction "Red Sun". Irrespective of whatever feedbacks mentioned on the covers of the book or the writer has chosen to highlight on the front pages, the writer is not "unbiased". The author chooses to justify my initial fears, of what to expect from a bhadralok writing on the issue of Naxalism. If a protagonist is influenced enough to participate in an incident, the incident no longer remains the incident but a "point of view". This book is a point of view of a high society leftist, who is successful in a capitalist society. Anyways...
Now coming to the book, it has accounts of numerous leftist leaders, at grass root level as well as at the higher level, which the author has come across in his research period of a couple of months or years across the red belt. However, as expected of him, he could not meet a single govt. personal of any stature deserving an iota of respect. A few deserving ones had some common thoughts with Maoists. So much so for the "unbiased"€account!
By the way, all these great Maoist leaders are great strategists. They have been developing impeccable strategies to destroy. This leaves me wondering if they have ever created a single infrastructure. Do they realize how much effort, man months are consumed in a building a bridge or laying a Km of railway line or just, erecting a school shell as compared to destroy them? Do they realize their impotency that in their entire life they would not be able to create a single "thing" but destroy a lot, directly and indirectly, tangible and intangible? All this book does is to mention a couple of miniscule projects these people have taken up, mostly because of individual leadership in the region rather than from guidance of central leadership. Creating is strategy destruction is vandalism.
Across the book, the idea of "futility of Salwa Judum" runs through. Why? Theoretically, Maoists should be the people to think of morality of arming common man. If Maoists are justified, others are too. It should be immaterial how. If intellectuals, mostly of Maoist leaning, are crying foul, it is only because their brothers are on the receiving end now. In my view, this concept should be extended to all affected areas. Let's play blood buddy, if that is the solution.
The highlights the point how Maoists are using the lacuna of the present system, something they swear to fight, to their advantage. Inefficiencies leading to disgruntlement are fanned to propagate ideas of revolution. The lack of education in rural and tribal masses helps them in misleading naive population and getting them converted into "mercenaries". The situation seems to be the present day replica of "The Animal Farm". Pigs rule replacing men. Masses would realize sooner or later that the idea has failed everywhere, from China to Chile. Russia endorses Adam Smith and China has buried Mao in its currency notes, which is floating freely in Africa to support rouge statesmen of Sudan and other countries.
The book also highlights the unholy nexus between politically ambitious NGOs, ambitious activists, Maoists, LTTE, Assamese insurgents and Nepalese communists in the name of supporting oppressed. We should not be surprised to see them hand-in-hand with groups like LeT, HuM etc and ISI, after all they are supporting oppressed people of Kashmir! In fact, I would not be surprised with the discovery of some of their more interesting links. After all the book does really explains the source of their arms (AK 47, Rocket Launchers, propelled guns etc). Here is the crux of the "patriotism" of the Maoist movement!!
Now coming to the book, it has accounts of numerous leftist leaders, at grass root level as well as at the higher level, which the author has come across in his research period of a couple of months or years across the red belt. However, as expected of him, he could not meet a single govt. personal of any stature deserving an iota of respect. A few deserving ones had some common thoughts with Maoists. So much so for the "unbiased"€account!
By the way, all these great Maoist leaders are great strategists. They have been developing impeccable strategies to destroy. This leaves me wondering if they have ever created a single infrastructure. Do they realize how much effort, man months are consumed in a building a bridge or laying a Km of railway line or just, erecting a school shell as compared to destroy them? Do they realize their impotency that in their entire life they would not be able to create a single "thing" but destroy a lot, directly and indirectly, tangible and intangible? All this book does is to mention a couple of miniscule projects these people have taken up, mostly because of individual leadership in the region rather than from guidance of central leadership. Creating is strategy destruction is vandalism.
Across the book, the idea of "futility of Salwa Judum" runs through. Why? Theoretically, Maoists should be the people to think of morality of arming common man. If Maoists are justified, others are too. It should be immaterial how. If intellectuals, mostly of Maoist leaning, are crying foul, it is only because their brothers are on the receiving end now. In my view, this concept should be extended to all affected areas. Let's play blood buddy, if that is the solution.
The highlights the point how Maoists are using the lacuna of the present system, something they swear to fight, to their advantage. Inefficiencies leading to disgruntlement are fanned to propagate ideas of revolution. The lack of education in rural and tribal masses helps them in misleading naive population and getting them converted into "mercenaries". The situation seems to be the present day replica of "The Animal Farm". Pigs rule replacing men. Masses would realize sooner or later that the idea has failed everywhere, from China to Chile. Russia endorses Adam Smith and China has buried Mao in its currency notes, which is floating freely in Africa to support rouge statesmen of Sudan and other countries.
The book also highlights the unholy nexus between politically ambitious NGOs, ambitious activists, Maoists, LTTE, Assamese insurgents and Nepalese communists in the name of supporting oppressed. We should not be surprised to see them hand-in-hand with groups like LeT, HuM etc and ISI, after all they are supporting oppressed people of Kashmir! In fact, I would not be surprised with the discovery of some of their more interesting links. After all the book does really explains the source of their arms (AK 47, Rocket Launchers, propelled guns etc). Here is the crux of the "patriotism" of the Maoist movement!!
