The French Revolution did not need an ideol-ogy. Recent uprisings in Mexico and Peru have shown that oppressed people rising up against their tormentors do not necessarily need to
The Janata Vimukthi Peramuna presents itself as a Marxist organisation, and the affinity with Maoism was initially quite obvious. But it can never sustain itself on imported ideology married to
Ten years ago, on 14 May 1987, Lt Col Sitiveni Rabuka stormed the Fijian Parliament with his troops, arrested the entire Indian-dominated Cabinet and declared himself leader of a
War and Peace in Post-Colonial Ceylon 1948-1991
by Adrian Wijemanne
Orient Longman Limited, New Delhi, 1996
INR 180 ISBN 81 250 0364 9
Fans of Sursudha and their music attended their recent "peace concert" in the Lanka Oberoi with some anticipation. It was also an occasion where the group was to
CONCERT REVIEW
After weeks of hype on television and radio, rapturous applause greeted the Colonial Cousins as they walked on to the big square stage in the middle of the
Every year during the mon-soon season, the Himalayan region appears in the headlines because of large scale flooding in the plains of the Ganga and Brahmaputra. In general, this
"Till now poems have been written only
about going to jail,
while for any right-thinking person
no poems have been born
In late July this year, international television networks flashed pictures of a sensational ´show trial´ of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot being conducted by his own mutinous troops. As the
The early days of the Telangana Movement in southern India serves as a measure of subsequent Maoist efforts in the region.
Maoism first appeared in the Subcontinent in the course
"Mao and Chou En-lai were great leaders. Your Nehru was not."
The year was 1966. The Cultural Revolution was at its peak, and both the Naxalbari upris-
