Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam

by Vivek Agnihotri

‘Now, the rural Communist is closer to socialist ideology. You will never find a rural Communist criticizing rural culture or their gods and deities because they know that for a rural person, the gods and the deities are the masters of his livelihood. He will never agree for a revolution at the cost of his gods or culture. That is the reason that, in villages, Communists talk only about poverty, exploitation, atrocities of the system and their rights,’ Manish speaks with passion. ‘But as soon as you enter a university, we witness a radical and communal face of Communism. Here, they propagate the weaknesses and evils of Hindu culture. They manipulate and twist ancient books to misrepresent them and provoke students. For example, they use Tulsidas’ chaupai, without mentioning the rest of the Ramcharitmanas, which is the real context.