Maoist Insurgency, State and People: Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances

Anshuman Behera (Ed.), New Delhi, Routledge, 2023, 256 pp., Rs. 1295 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-032-45425-2

The question of Maoist insurgency in India is studied and dealt with through the narrow lens of a mere disturbance understood to be contained, often either through force or under-acknowledgement. In this context, Anshuman Behera’s Maoist Insurgency, State and People: Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances emerges as an important source for a broad readership to familiarize oneself with a holistic understanding of the Maoist movement in India. The volume delves into various aspects including ideological underpinnings, nature of public involvement and recruitment and the hitherto maintained State response to the Movement.