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  • Hello Bastar

  • The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement
  • By: Rahul Pandita
  • Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
  • Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Hello Bastar

By: Rahul Pandita
Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
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With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised. It offers rare insight into the lives of Maoist guerillas and of the Adivasi tribals living in the Red zone.

Based on extensive on-ground reportage and exhaustive interviews with Maoist leaders, including their supreme commander, Ganapathi; Kobad Ghandy; and others who are jailed or have been killed in police encounters, this book is a combination of firsthand storytelling and intrepid analysis.

Hello, Bastar is the story of:

  • How the idea of creating a guerilla base in Bastar came up
  • What the rebels who entered Dandakaranya had to deal with
  • The Jagtial movement that created the ground for the Maoist movement
  • The first squad member who died for revolution
  • How Maoists and their guerilla squads function
  • Their goals, recruitment, party structure and funding
  • Their 'urban agenda' for cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai
  • Their relationships with people and peoples' movements
  • Maoist supremo Ganapathi and other top leaders
  • Anuradha Ghandy's journey from Bombay to Bastar

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Great book, very informative. Bad pronunciation

the narrator clearly struggled with the pronunciation which made it a bit hard to understand ...

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