Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: In search of the definition of Naxalbari; 2 Through the looking glass of gender; 3 Multiple patriarchies: Politics, power and masculinity; 4 Speaking silence: Continuous politics and discrete memory; 5 Acts of agency: Political activism and identity in women's words; 6 Weapons and wounds: The discourse of violence; 7 Conclusion: Third World, second sex: sisterhood of resistance; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The Naxalbari movement marks a significant moment in the postcolonial history of India. Beginning as an armed peasant uprising in 1967 under the leadership of radical communists, the movement was inspired by the Marxist-Leninist theory of revolution and involved a significant section of the contemporary youth from diverse social strata with a vision of people's revolution. It inspired similar radical movements in other South Asian countries such as Nepal. Arguing that the history and memory of the Naxalbari movement is fraught with varied gendered experiences of political motivation, revolutio
