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 …
The Bombay high court on Thursday expressed anguish at the “misinterpretation of the book title” seized from activist Vernon Gonsalves’s house, during the hearing on his bail application on Wednesday. The court of justice Sarang Kotwal was unhappy with the conclusion that it had raised questions over the presence of the book, War and Peace, construed to be the one …