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Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland (2013) and Neel Mukherjee’s The Lives of Others (2014), that embody this tendency: a universalization that, in fact, neither comprehends nor sympathizes with the social and political contradictions in contemporary South Asia.

Both novels place at the center of their narrative what is commonly referred to as the Naxalite movement, which began in 1967 with a peasant uprising in Naxalbari, a village in northern Bengal near the Nepal border. Initially led by armed members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the movement later broke away to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and has largely followed Mao’s doctrine of “people’s war.” Begun in the countryside, it spread to the cities during the 1970s, attracting significant numbers of educated, unemployed youth energized by the peasants’ struggle for rights and recognition. A brutal counteroffensive, empowered by draconian anti-terrorist laws, brought the first phase of the movement to an end. In both novels, the central figures are Naxalite militants. Their immersion in the movement, together with the fallout of their decisions on the lives of those around them, largely propels the narrative in both.

By placing an emancipatory movement at the core of their novels, Lahiri and Mukherjee also place the politics of resistance front and center. And yet, even though both novels are structured by the political actions of key characters, neither author is able to muster an empathetic understanding of their characters’ actions. Moreover, the very idea of a life of struggle is made to appear at best quaint, at worst objectionable. In both novels, politics remains something imposed on the characters, an external, impinging force—but never a source of self-actualization. Instead it serves as a source of dislocation, self-doubt, broken relationships and disrupted lives. Each novel exposes its author’s inability to perceive the political as an intrinsic aspect of the individual being.

Hence, while each of the authors locates a politics of resistance at their novel’s center and views that politics through a universalizing prism, neither can fathom its attraction. Such an approach to emancipatory politics reinforces the neoliberal view that all resistance is doomed because there are no possible alternatives to the current order. And although both authors seem to want to escape an ethos where resistance is viewed as futile, neither is able to do so. As a result, neither is able to engage, much less express, the internal lives of their own central characters. Because of this, they remain limited, not just as post-colonial novels but simply as novels.

The World In a Grain of Sand, Nivedita Majumdar (emphasis mine)

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Darjeeling, 30th Nov. A man was arrested in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, on Friday for possession of confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive material. The arrested individual, identified as Francis Ekka, is the husband of Amrita Ekka, a TMC leader from Naxalbari Panchayat Samiti. The arrest was made on November 26 in a joint operation conducted by the Army and West Bengal Police in Belgachi village, Naxalbari block. According to police officials, the raid uncovered sensitive DRDO documents along with a considerable amount of Californium, a radioactive material. The officer stated, “We found several confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive Californium in his possession. The accused failed to provide any clear explanation for having these materials.” The market value of a gram of Californium is estimated to be around Rs 17 crore, adding further gravity to the case. The police have charged Ekka with smuggling sensitive documents and radioactive materials and suspect potential links to foreign organizations. Authorities are currently interrogating the accused to gather further information. In the meantime, the police have sealed the house where the materials were found, as investigations continue into the scope of the security breach and potential threats. The post Man Arrested with Confidential DRDO Documents and Radioactive Material in Darjeeling appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] GG News Bureau Darjeeling, 30th Nov. A man was arrested in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, on Friday for possession of confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive material. The arrested individual, identified as Francis Ekka, is the husband of Amrita Ekka, a TMC leader from Naxalbari Panchayat Samiti. The arrest was made on November 26 in a joint operation conducted by the Army and West Bengal Police in Belgachi village, Naxalbari block. According to police officials, the raid uncovered sensitive DRDO documents along with a considerable amount of Californium, a radioactive material. The officer stated, “We found several confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive Californium in his possession. The accused failed to provide any clear explanation for having these materials.” The market value of a gram of Californium is estimated to be around Rs 17 crore, adding further gravity to the case. The police have charged Ekka with smuggling sensitive documents and radioactive materials and suspect potential links to foreign organizations. Authorities are currently interrogating the accused to gather further information. In the meantime, the police have sealed the house where the materials were found, as investigations continue into the scope of the security breach and potential threats. The post Man Arrested with Confidential DRDO Documents and Radioactive Material in Darjeeling appeared first on Global Governance News- Asia's First Bilingual News portal for Global News and Updates. [ad_2] Source link

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 Rise of Naxalism in India.

 Rise of Naxalism in India.

भारतीय माओवादी आंदोलन, जिसे लोकप्रिय रूप से नक्सल आंदोलन के रूप में जाना जाता है, भारत में व्यापक कम्युनिस्ट आंदोलन से उत्पन्न हुआ। नक्सलवाद शब्द की उत्पत्ति पश्चिम बंगाल राज्य के दार्जिलिंग जिले के नक्सलबाड़ी गाँव से हुई है, जहाँ से 1967 में माओवादियों के नेतृत्व में किसान विद्रोह शुरू हुआ था। नक्सली विद्रोह का नेतृत्व चारु मजूमदार (मुख्य विचारक) कानू सान्याल (किसान नेता) और जंगल संथाल (आदिवासी…

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बिहार के गया में सुरक्षाबलों ने बारूदी सुरंग की निष्क्रिय, देखिए धमाके का लाइव वीडियो

बिहार के गया में सुरक्षाबलों ने बारूदी सुरंग की निष्क्रिय, देखिए धमाके का लाइव वीडियो

वीडियो डेस्क, अमर उजाला.क��म Published by: रचना शर्मा Updated Sat, 27 Feb 2021 10:30 AM IST बिहार के गया से लैंडमाइन में धमाके का वीडियो सामने आया। सुरक्षाबलों ने सुरक्षित तरीके से इस लैंडमाइन को निष्क्रिय कर दिया। देखिए पूरा वीडियो।  अमर उजाला की खबरों को फेसबुक पर पाने के लिए लाइक करें &nbsp Source link

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Encountered Naxals… Well it’s true, gun in my hand is real and such 8more guns were kept beautifully in front of me. It was hot sunny day in summer of 48 degree and we group of 5 photographer, locations hunter, local guide and support, script writer and myself. We walked around three mountains and entered the den of Naxals basically we went exploring temple which was in the middle of mountain and during shravan Shiv Bhakra come in flocks for prayers. Shiva resides here and one sadhu heads the show. To stay at this location you have to bring spices along because food is served for free by sadhu and he is facilitated by villagers or May be naxals. When my team reached the spot and I was following as water was all over from 4kms and we had walked around 18kms that day. When I entered the hut there were 6 men with 9guns of which two guns were new and well loaded. I greeted them all and they welcomed me and handed over this gun and was asked to do whatever I wish to with the gun. Anyways so it was obvious though I had opportunity to try my hands on it. We were later guided by them to the cave and we explored and had nice cold water visit nearby and after having meal of rice, dal and potato dry bhaji or bhujiya. And returned back. We had plan to stay that night but scenario was not that pleasant enough as we had lot many cameras and expensive one and script writer was my responsibility so we returned back that night around 2am This was in Bihar’s naxal affected area. But this experience was non the less memorable. Immature Writer Xtreme Vaishali #naxal #naxalbari #revolutionist #adventurous #gun #cowgirl #cowboy #bravesoul #strongwoman #strongwomen #explorer #travelexplorer #traveldairies #traveldairies❤️ #duskanddawn #duskyhot #dusky #duskygirl #duskypink #duskymodel #terror https://www.instagram.com/p/CkiGDC9j-ys/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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‘Urban Naxalism bigger enemy of India than Pak’ | Nagpur News - Net4News

Nagpur: “Urban Naxalism is bigger enemy of India than Pakistan as it poses internal security threat to the country compared to cross-border terrorism,” claimed director, screenwriter and author Vivek Agnihotri here recently. He was speaking on ‘India’s integrity and Urban Naxals’ at a webinar organized by department of humanities of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. Agnihotri, who has authored a book ‘Urban Naxals: The making of Buddha in a traffic jam’, explained how Naxalism started from Naxalbari, a village in West Bengal, in 1960s. He said, “Today, India’s biggest problem, which should be the country’s strength, is our youth. India has the world’s largest youth population. There is bubbling energy among students that keeps the country young. The youth belonging to middle class are aware of the hardships their parents go through. But when they enter college, the proponents of Left leaning ideology “brainwash” them, just like the Taliban groom children to become suicide bombers.” “Thus colleges become the door to Urban Naxalism,” he claimed, adding this is the condition of all universities in metro and mini-metro cities. “Slowly, they start focusing only on the fault lines in the country like casteism, poverty, women’s rights issues etc. They fail to acknowledge the country’s greatness, where it stands and what the future holds because they have been “brainwashed”. This is India’s biggest threat,” he said. Agnihotri added, “The style of communism to sprout internal war in a country is by planting the seeds of revolution. The fire of revolution is set in a way that it continues to burn and communist countries like China dominate with fuelling anarchy and keep an administrative influence on internal security.” RTMNU pro vice-chancellor Sanjay Dudhe chaired the online lecture. Senate and management council member Vishnu Changde and former city mayor Kalpana Pande were also present. Dean of humanities Prof Nirmal Singh was the convener. Dudhe said, “Country faces two types of threats — internal and external. External forces can be dealt with as these are recognizable. But it is not easy to tackle internal ones. Earlier, presence of Naxalites was limited to tribal communities living in forests. But now they are pervading cities in order to advocate their ideology among the masses and they are targeting students.” FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Source link Read the full article

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COFFIN BIRTH, a poem for kolkata

I had never considered that my city had been founded always thought it was eternal always-existing always-there just not for much longer because global warming is a bitch and low-lying river deltas be damned I had no idea Kolkata was not something that always was of course I knew that we were not always there my ancestors came from somewhere else generally tavelling upwards to avoid the great splitting of Hindus and Muslims run Brahmins run they won't miss you anyway but somehow they ended up in this city my mother didn't she lived in the hills but my father did he was a city boy through-and-through and it was always my city all I had known until nine and though I knew my family wasn't from here the Ghoti-Bangal jokes made it very clear that the Brahmins just wouldn't let anyone be without claiming their stake on everything in their path pretending it's only a matter of which football team to support and which marine life to consume but even if we were never there from the start it must have been somebody's Job to have founded the city it turns out that the High Court ruled otherwise in 2003 when I still lived there nobody founded the city Kolkata was an unplanned mistake some metaphor about birth that I should be better at because I am Bengali and we apparently have a millennium-long tradition of writing things smoking pot and becoming revolutionaries apparently there were three villages settled in and I guess the village of Kalikata got to keep its name congrats and then amalgamated into one large mess because 17th century British men tried to fight the Mughals go to Chittagong got swept by the winds up to Hoogly and then half-assed everything an attitude our boot-licking selves still treasure don't worry about anything just chill take an afternoon nap after eating too much rice grow fatter and fatter until the entire river delta sinks tigers honeybees and all I didn't know that the city had a beginning but I was always sure of its end my grandparents telling me the Howrah Bridge would be under water in a hundred years at least we'll have the other half of Bengal and a few unsuspecting river fish to adapt to life underwater with us I'm not sure if CPM will wake from their slumber with the splash of cold water or we'd still be under the iron heel of Didi I'm not sure who'll write books underwater or if Naxalbari will float or sink will we crawl back to shore up the fishing lines who knows just don't blame me for not realising my coffin birth city had a beginning when the end always felt so near

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Naxal Movement (1967-1971)

Since my dad is a history nut, I know these little movements in Indian history. This in particular is the Naxal Movement of the late 60s into the 70s, which came out of a Indian West Bengal town called Naxalbari. 

India is known for it’s major political corruption. Politicians are paid to make certain decisions that help only certain wage groups, police officers are bribed to make information in major investigations by the rich party in trouble, judges are paid to charge rich aristocrats not guilty in rape cases in court. India’s democracy has been pretty trash for a while, is all I’m going to say. Naxalites, or Indian Communists decided to take action. India’s government had been corrupted ever since the British took over. Naxalites weren’t interested in Gandhi’s “Ahimsa”, or civil disobedience method, knowing that Gandhi was a part of the government and still did nothing. Violence broke out, and kids quite college to join the rebel forces. (Yes, most of the Naxalites were young college kids that were our age). Instead of sitting at tables near the food places on campus and passing out buttons about Communism, and speaking at local gatherings of the college to preach about the government’s corruption, they got up, got machine guns, and started taking people down.

Happened near 1968? Probably not a coincidence. The United States wasn’t the only place with issues about to explode. Like the Black Panther Party, they started killing groups that caused corruption issues like landlords, high-up businessmen, politicians, police officials, and other aristocrats alike. They called it the “annihilation line”. Like the Black Panthers, they were named by the Indian Government as major threats, and the government went as far as calling Naxalites terrorists.

In the process, many Naxalites were imprisoned in secret government torture chambers, and killed. 

Naxalites and the Black Panthers hold similarities, which I thought was interesting. They thought that violence was the only way to change the policies they hated. Did they succeed? Completely, no. Did they make a dent in the issue? For sure. They made the governments scared. They made the group oppressing them scared of them, letting them know they were capable of the same or even more of the force they were shown for years. And now, the face the cool person changed from the stoic nihilist, and the population of “I don’t care” people was getting smaller. Is it just that the cool population is getting even smaller, or that we need to redefine what is cool?

(Sidenote: Naxals still exist today. They create uprisings from time to time, the most recent uprising was in March of THIS year. Two steps forwards, 5 steps back. Corruption in Indian Government has improved, but not enough. They’re still out in India’s mountains and remote villages striking to get to their end goal of a corruption-free society for the greater India.)

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NCERT Class 12 Sociology Chapter 3 The Story of Indian Democracy

NCERT Class 12 Sociology: Social Change and Development in India

Chapter 3 The Story of Indian Democracy

NCERT TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED : Q. 1.Interest groups are part and parcel of a functioning democracy. Discuss. Ans. :

Interest groups are organised to pursue specific interest in the political arena, operating primarily by lobbying the members of the legislative bodies.

When certain groups feel that their interests are not being taken up, they may move to form an alternative party.

Democracy is a form of government for the people, by the people and of the people. In this system interest groups are formed for specific interest.

Interest groups are private organisation. They are formed to influence public policy.

These are non political systems and their main goal are to take care of their own interest.

Political parties are established organisations with the aim of achieving governmental power and using that power to pursue a specific programme. Different interest groups will work towards influencing political parties.

These organisations are regarded as movements until they achieve recognition.

The interest groups play a significant role in Indian democracy and they perform various important functions such as:

(a) Formation of Public Opinion: 

Using various forms of propaganda and communication, they mould public opinion. To get goodwill of public opinion and change in administrative system in their own favour they use T.V., radio, Email and various forms of social media, twitter and face book.

(b) Function at the time of Natural Disaster: 

These interest groups provide help during natural calamity like Himalayans Tsunami at Kedamath or earthquakes etc. By doing such social activities they get public attention and favour and they influence the government. 

Q. 2. Read the snippets from the debates held in the Constituent Assembly. Identify the interest groups. Discuss what kind of interest groups exist in contemporary India. How do they function? Ans. : 

Snippets from the debates

K.T. Shah said that the right to use full employment could and should be made real by a categoric obligation on the part of the state to provide useful work to every citizen who was able and qualified.

B. Das spoke against classifying the functions of the government as justiciable and non-justiciable. “I think it is the primary duty of Government to remove hunger and render social justice to every citizen and to secure social security…”. The teeming millions do not find any hope that the Union Constitution… will ensure them freedom from hunger, will secure them social justice, will ensure them a minimum standard of living and a minimum standard of public health”.

Ambedkar’s answer was as follows:

“The Draft Constitution as framed only provides a machinery for the government of the country. It is not a controversy to install any particular party in power as has done in some countries. Who should be in power is left to be determined by the people, as it must be, if the system is to satisfy the tests of democracy.

On land reform Nehru said, that social forces were such that law could not stand in the way of reforms, interesting reflection on the dynamic between the two. “If law and Parliament do not fit themselves into the changing picture, they cannot control the situation”.

On the protection of the tribal people and their interests, leaders like Jaipal Singh were assured by Nehru in the following words during the Constituent Assembly „ debates: “It is our intention and our fixed desire to help them as possible; in as efficient a way as possible to protect them from possibly their rapacious neighbours occasionally and to make them advance”.

Even as the Constituent Assembly adopted the title Directive Principles of State Policy to the rights that courts could not enforce, additional principles were added with unanimous acceptance. These included K. Santhanam’s clause that the state shall organise village punchayats and endow them with the powers and authority to be effective units of local self government.

T.A. Ramalingam Chettiar added the clause for promotion of cottage industries on co-operative lines in rural areas. Veteran parlimentarian Thakurdas Bhargava added that the state should organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modem lines.

Interest groups are people outside the government who support the political parties to gain favours from them when they are in power. These are private organisation formed to influence public policy. They are non political groups whose main aim is to uphold their own interest.Political parties are not political parties. In India interest groups adopt two methods i.e. to influence the legislative committees and to help people at the time of natural calamity.

In contemporary India ASSOCHAM, FICCI, Labour Unions, Student’s union,Farmers union, women’s organisations are example of pressure group and interest groups.

Q. 3. Create a ‘phad’ or a scroll with your own mandate when standing for school election.(This could be done in small group of 5, like a panchayat). Ans. : 

Being member of school Panchayat we will focus on following areas:

Panchayat members will try to inculcate self discipline among students. Being students we will function as a role model for rest of the students.

Being co-educational school, we will create an environment where girls get respect

and security so that indirectly we will provide a solid base for a healthy society.

We will take care of developing a system, through which students develop habit of self study and special coaching for professional courses may be arranged in the school.

Panchayat will take care of special children and remedial teaching for them.

Panchayat will coordinate with the Principal and may function as a pressure group to take care of proper student-teacher ratio, admission policy of the school, proper uniform, distribution of mid-day- meal etc.

Panchayat will also coordinate with the Principal and Managing staff to take care of games, sports, co-curricular activities and use of technology in school education.

Q. 4. Have you heard of Bal Panchayats and Mazdoor Kissan Sanghathan? If not, find out and write a note about them in about 200 words. Ans. : 

Bal Panchayat: 

My school follows a prefectoral system. The school has four houses. ,From each house, the house masters and the house children elect five prefects on the basis of their academic performances, leadership traits and their antecedents regarding .contribution for the curricular and co-curricular activities of the house. The principal,teachers and 20 prefects elect head boy of the school. The head boy functions as a prototype of the school. He/she is responsible for discipline, school environment, curricular and co-curricular activities, social interaction particularly with the other schools and is accountable for student’s activities in the school. The head boy particularly coordinates with the principal, headmasters, and house masters with the help of 20 prefects and helps in proper functioning of school buses, maintenance of assets, school fields, taking care of school property and by and large school discipline.

Mazdoor Sanghathan: 

In 1920, first All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was established.

It was initiated by the congress but in 1929 hijacked by the communists.

Indian Trade Union Congress (INTUC) untraced by the congress, Hind Mazdoor Sabha organised by the socialists and Bhartiya Mazdoor Sabha linked with Bhartiya Janta Party earlier Jan Sangh.

These trade unions played a very significant role in the recruitment, wage policy, functioning, living conditions, hire and fire policy and by and large developing a political and social awareness among the workers. Kissan Sanghthan: India is a country of villages. Even today 75% of Indian population is living in villages and depends on agriculture.

Earlier this population was not politically aware with their rights. They were very much traditional and attached to their customs and rituals but due to congress and communists now the kissans of India are politically very mature, are aware with their strength and providing strong base to Indian democracy. This is very much proved in 2014 election when these peasants voted for a stable government breaking the caste, class and region bondings.

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel took initiates in 1936 congress session at Lucknow and All India Kissan Sabha was established but due to caste and class conflict it could not function. Later CPI activists took command of Kissan Sabha. Many Kissan organisations emerged in India after independence. The socialists established Hind Kissan Panchayat and instead the Kissan Sabha by Marxist. The communist party of India (Marxists) established revolutionary peasants convention in 1967. This organisation gave lead to Naxalbari movement in West Bengal.

Due to the motivative of Shri Raj Narain and Choudhary Char an Singh in 1978 formed the All India Kissan Kamgar Sammelan. Many politicians and farmers like Shri Mahinder Singh Tikkait tried to organise the Kissans of India but even now this peasant group of India is not a well organised pressure group.

Q. 5. The 73rd amendment has been monumental in bringing a voice to the people in the Villages. Discuss. Ans. : The 73rd amendment has been monumental in bringing a voice to the people in the villages because this amendment is related to the directive principles of the state policy and panchayati raj. The amendment is based on the principle of power of the people and provides . constitutional guarantee to the Panchayats.

Main features of the Act:

Recognition to Panchayats, as institutions of self government.

Panchayat’s power and responsibilities to prepare a plan for economic development and social justice.

Establishment of uniform 3 tier system of strong Panchayats at village, block and district levels for all states having a population of over 20 lakhs.

The Act provides guidelines for the structure powers and functions, finance and elections and reservation of seats for the weaker sections of the given area.

Importance of the Act:

It was a revolutionary step towards establishing grassroot democracy.

All the states have passed legislation on the basis of guidelines and provision of the amendments.

Because of this act Panchayati Raj System at grassroot level became a reality.

Q. 6. Write an essay on the ways that the Indian Constitution touches peoples’ everyday life, drawing upon different examples. Ans. :

Indian constitution has given a democratic system to all of us.

Democracy is a government for the people, of the people and by the people. It is not limited to political freedom or economic and social justice. It is also about equal rights to all respective of caste, creed, race and gender.

Indian constitution has established Secularism. We have respect for all the religions and all the Indians have  fundamental right to have faith in their own religion. Indian constitution provides equal rights to minority communities by extending friendly relationship and all sort of support system to them.

India is a welfare state and a Sociologist patronise society. It is our duty to protect public and national property. We all have equal opportunities to make use of resources and put our best effort for economic development.

Indian constitution provides social, political and economic justice and equality to all citizens of India. 

Therefore it is our duty to support the government to participate in activity of government programmes like population control, smallpox, Malaria or Pulse Polio Programmes. Food Security Bill, Right to Information (RTI), Right to Education (RTE) and efforts for women empowerment are few major efforts made by the government to strengthen Indian democracy.

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Naxalism UPSC IAS

Naxalism UPSC IAS

  The term Naxalism derives its name from the village Naxalbari of West Bengal. It originated as rebellion against local landlords who bashed a peasant over a land dispute. The rebellion was initiated in 1967, with an objective of rightful redistribution of the land to working peasants under the leadership of Kanu Sanyal and Jagan Santhal.

  Started in West Bengal, the movement…

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Maoism is not our greatest internal security threat. Poverty, non-governance, bad justice and corruption are. - Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country. Early in 1967, India witnessed the beginning of what was to be one of its greatest Agrarian struggles that vehemently shook the entire Nation, affecting over nine states that included Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal. It all started in Darjeeling’s Naxalbari village after a local landlord sent his goons to ruthlessly kill, an already hapless, poor sharecropper; who was only attempting to till his land.

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'Politics opened the door to a new world for me' | India News

‘Politics opened the door to a new world for me’ | India News

HATHIGISHA VILLAGE, NAXALBARI BLOCK: Women played an active role in the 1967 Naxalbari movement. Of the 11 demonstrators who died in the police firing on May 25, 1967, eight were women. Shanti Munda (Sarkar), now 74, is one of the few surviving women from those days of blood, sweat and fire. “Much before Naxalbari happened, I used to go for political meetings and demonstrations. Even as a…

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Darjeeling: Elephant calf dies after falling into drain

A three-year-old male elephant calf died after it fell into a drain in Darjeeling. The calf was part of a herd which was crossing a tea estate in Naxalbari village when he fell into the drain. http://dlvr.it/P7lhJV

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Bengal couple with whom Shah ate food, forced to join TMC: BJP

Bengal couple with whom Shah ate food, forced to join TMC: BJP

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday claimed that a couple who had a lunch with party President Amit Shah during his visit to Naxalbari in April, were abducted and forcibly made to join the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.

Raju Mahali and his wife Geeta had hogged media limelight when Shah ate food at the tribal couple’s village home in West Bengal.

“The tragedy is that for many…