Urban Naxals

Urban Naxals

The Making Of
Buddha In A Traffic Jam

Author: Vivek Agnihotri
Publisher : Garuda Prakashan
Pages : 379
Price : 399/- INR
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Rating : 5/5 Stars

Blurb:
Film-maker Vivek Agnihotri writes of his journey in making the film "Buddha in a Traffic Jam" which exposed the nexus between an India-wide Maoist terror movement and their supporters in urban centers such as academia and media. Naxalites are waging war on India with details plans for an overthrow of the State. Urban Naxals act to amplify their message, serve as recruiters and wage a propaganda war through social and conventional media. This gripping story recounts Agnihotri's own grooming in College to be an Urban Naxal and details the plans and modus operandi of the movement. Agnihotri's story is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Buddha in a Traffic Jam", the violent resistance to its screening, and an expose of the world's largest extreme-left terror movement and its penetration into urban India.
Review:
One of the most serious reads i have read till date.Pages are full of dense texts and facts that you may never know if you have not read the book.Hats off to the boldness of Author Vivek Agnihotri.The book is a newsy account of a filmmakers encounter with radicalism in urban India.The book is about the urban naxals who romanticize the naxal cause.Urban Naxals is gripping and this book is going to linger in your mind for long time.Language of the book is simple.Cover and title is apt to the story and compel you to pick it up. Book is an excellent read, which keeps your interest alive till last page.The most hard hitting book i have ever read.Highly recommend for everyone, doesnot matter from which section you belong (Left or Right) just go this book.