Beyond ‘State versus Maoists’: Two books that explain the complexities in Bastar

As a new government takes charge in Chhattisgarh, here are two books that go beyond the rhetoric.

Mieke van Hemert

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Madhu Ramnath

· Dec 15, 2018 · 06:30 pm

This novel reminds us how a creative artist dealt with the might of a (Leftist) totalitarian state

In Julian Barnes’s ‘The Noise of Time’ composer Shostakovich rebels where possible, accepts his fate where not.

Karthick Ram Manoharan

· Apr 02, 2017 · 07:00 am