PB Mehta writes: The charge of Maoism is the hyper version of this “Left” in the context of Adivasi mobilisation

PB Mehta writes: The charge of Maoism is the hyper version of this “Left” in the context of Adivasi mobilisation

Loneliness of Varavara Rao, Anand Teltumbde, Sudha Bharadwaj tells a disquieting tale about state and us

JULY 18, 2020 9:01:28 AM

PB Mehta writes: Teltumbde was insightful in thinking that once you had been labelled Left in India, it was easy to secure a diminution in your legal and cultural standing. Even the Courts will turn off their thinking cap. It is in this that the genuine intellectual enterprise is a lonely one, whose disastrous political consequences Teltumbde is facing.