Maoists remain a formidable threat to the Indian state. Why? How did they become appealing to the indigenous and the rural poor? In this episode, we talk once again to historian and political scientist Bidyut Chakrabarty to get a fuller, more objective account of this enigmatic and violent political movement.

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