An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement

An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement
ISBN-10
1509885579
ISBN-13
9781509885572
Category
History
Language
English
Published
2017-10-05
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Author
Kishalay Bhattacharjee

Description

On 14 March 2012, two Italian nationals, Paolo Bosusco and Claudio Colangelo, were taken hostage from the tribal-dominated Kandhamal area of Odisha, in eastern India. The kidnappers belonged to the extreme left- wing radical group known as the CPI (Maoists). They were led by Sabyasachi Panda who had been involved in several militant activities since 1999. What followed was a dramatic month-long crisis in which a crew of television journalists engaged with the Maoist leader and facilitated the release of Claudio. An Unfinished Revolution: A Hostage Crisis, Adivasi Resistance and the Naxal Movement is a racy, first-hand account that tells the tale of the hostages, from abduction to release. It also chronicles the history of tribal resistance which was appropriated by the Maoists — a movement that has been one of India’s major internal security challenges since the late 1960s.

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