Re: India

[Chris Faatz <cfaatz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Rahul Mahajan wrote:

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Rahul, thanks for a fascinating and informative post. I have, as I'm
sure do others, a few questions. As I know very little about India
post-1949, I hope you can answer some of them....

1) Are the Naxalites still operating as a political movement, or have
they degenerated completely, as I believe you may have said in an
earlier post, to banditry?


> There is also a burgeoning grassroots movement, one of the largest in the
> world. Incoherent, comletely lacking unity, often led by the middle class,
> frequently actuated by reactionary motives or simply the desire of simple
> traditional communities to keep their way of life, it is the only real
> political force in India today, and one that any putative new left
> synthesis must come to terms with.
>
2) What kind of synthesis? Around what kind of program and/or demands?
It sounds like a strong parallel with movements in many countries. I'd
be interested in your answer.

BTW, your reference to the Nation's AIDS and India article was right on--
frightening as hell, and eminently plausible.

As ever,

C2



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