Naxalbari

NAXALBARI NEWS

Azizul Haque (1942-2025): He was the face of 1970s Naxalbari movement, believed in ‘power grows out of gun barrel’

July 22, 2025 5:18 am

Haque, who had been suffering from ailments related to old age, was admitted to a private hospital in Salt Lake after a fall at home left him with a fractured hand.

Naxalbari tense after man killed on his way to hospital

June 22, 2023 4:13 am

Villagers say the area has become notorious for criminal activities and that miscreants are targeting locals.

So long as it’s red

November 03, 2018 12:54 am

There are too few contemporary histories of the Naxalite movement. This book, which includes revolutionary song and poetry, is a substantial contribution.

How Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Naxal novel' made me relate to a 51-year-old movement

June 06, 2018 12:35 pm

Many would rate Mahasweta Devi’s searing 'Hajar Churashir Maa' and Neel Mukherjee’s 'The Lives of Others' higher. But 'The Lowland' made me believe stories I'd heard in my childhood and tales of the Naxalbari uprising.

In the wake of the Spring Thunder

May 14, 2017 1:50 am

Is the revolutionary movement capable of engaging with an India, a fast globalising world that is swinging to the Right?

In Naxalbari, farmers face new bane: land sharks

April 16, 2016 2:53 am

A local property broker claimed land prices in the area have gone up by almost 60 per cent. “We make about two to three deals every month,” he added.

Didn’t lose the dream,just met reality,say Sanyal’s comrades

March 31, 2010 12:15 am

In light of Naxal father Kanu Sanyal’s suicide,Ravik Bhattacharjee meets other faces of the Naxalbari movement who are now in political oblivion....

Naxalbari: The Beginning

June 28, 2009 4:34 am

As one approaches Naxalbari,half an hour from Siliguri in West Bengal,it is difficult not to feel overawed.

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