War and Peace in Junglemahal: All you need to know about Biswajit Roy's book at the centre of the Bombay HC controversy

War and Peace in Junglemahal: People, State and Maoists published in 2012 is a collection of essays that examines the Maoist violence and the government’s failed peace initiatives, offering a wide range of perspectives on the same, with discussions about the autonomy of grassroots movements and the meaning of living in a democracy. The next day, it was clarified that Justice Sarang Kotwal was referring not to Tolstoy’s work, but War and Peace in Junglemahal: People, State and Maoists, edited by Biswajit Roy. War and Peace in Junglemahal: People, State and Maoists, published in 2012 by Setu Prakashani, 548 pages, is a collection of essays that examines the Maoist violence and the government’s failed peace initiatives, offering a wide range of perspectives on the same, with discussions about the autonomy of grassroots movements and the meaning of living in a democracy. Given the recent attention the book has received, the book’s editor Biswajit Roy said in an interview yesterday that the book aimed to be a “conflict-resolution study,” trying to understand the Naxalite Movement’s “ground reality” and reasons for the failure of peace talks.