Philip Ferguson The Spark November 2010

In the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games the media was full of criticisms of India.  All these, however, revolved around whether the Games’ facilities would be finished and good enough, what the quality of the athletes’ village was and whether athletes would be safe from the supposed dangers represented by Islamic fundamentalists.

What was never touched upon in any serious way was the position of the mass of Indians themselves.  Indeed, the media continues to promote the number one global myth about India: that it’s the world’s biggest democracy.  In point of fact, India is a country marked by lack of democracy, by vicious state repression and huge inequalities of wealth and power. [Read more…]

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a banned revolutionary party leading a revolutionary movement which has  support in more than a third of the country.

The party’s spokesman, Azad,  has been interviewed by The Hindu, a widely read publication. In this interview Azad talks in detail about the armed struggle,  how and why it developed.

You can download the interview  here: Azad’s Interview with The Hindu

or read it on line here:

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/resources/article396694.ece