Sudhakar soon recollected himself. He brought his mind back to what the Baba was saying. The Baba seemed to know what he was talking about, a kind of certainty that the Naxalite leaders never demonstrated. He remembered the many ‘underground study classes’ that he had attended in which Marxism and Leninism were shown as the ultimate solutions for the crises facing the world.
The ‘Red Book’ of Mao was their text book….
‘Naxalism’ was projected as the latest modified version of the Communist ideology in which the drawbacks of both Marxism and Leninism were also corrected.
Charu Majumdar wrote 8 articles to provide a strong ideological basis for Naxalism.
But Naxalism could not solve the problems of the poor and down trodden in India. In fact, it seems to have only added to their problems!
Naxalism today is also being seen by many of its early sympathizers and supporters as a great threat to peace and development in the country.
‘Where have we gone wrong?’ Sudhakar asked himself.
The Baba seemed to read the mind of Sudhakar.
‘You treat the symptom of the sickness, my son. I treat the cause of the sickness. That is the basic difference between our two revolutions. And that is where you went wrong.’ The Baba said and paused, looking intensely into the eyes of Sudhakar.
Once again Sudhakar felt a fire being kindled within his heart. This time it was an all-consuming fire. He could not resist the power of the great magnetic attraction that was pulling him towards the Baba. Sudhakar fell at the Baba’s feet.
A dam burst within him.
Excerpts from ‘Integral Revolution’ - the true story of a great transformation
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