Table of Contents

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I Parliamentary Left in India
Chapter 1: Parliamentary left in Tripura: a creative blending of ideology and organization prevailing over ethnic division
Chapter 2: Parliamentary left in Kerala: a creative socio-political engineering of governance
Chapter 3: Parliamentary left in West Bengal: organizational hegemony established through an ideological churning
Chapter 4: Parliamentary left in West Bengal: a nemesis failing to re-kindle the old charm in globalizing India
Part II Left-Wing-Extremism in India
Chapter 5: Genesis of Maoism in India
Chapter 6: The Maoist blueprint for future India
Chapter 7: Maoism: a utopia or 'Jacobean' reign of terror?
Conclusion
Appendix: Party Constitution of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Notes
Bibliographical Notes with Select Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Bidyut Chakrabarty is Professor of Political Science at Delhi University.

Reviews

"Communism in India is a wide-ranging, deeply informed, insightful and personally engaged book. Bidyut Chakrabarty is a world-renowned expert on Indian communism who here explores the regional diversity, social foundations, varied efficacy, and decline of old communist parties at a time when neo-liberal economic policies have fostered the rise of Maoist movements in many parts of India." --David Ludden, New York University