CHE#38 | Bangla Podcast | Suparna Banerjee | Maoism in India

In India Maoism flourished as a struggle of marginalized groups, such as peasants and several indigenous peoples. While characterized by violent armed struggle and guerrilla warfare akin to other similar movements across the globe, Indian Maoism got its special character by taking the deep-rooted caste-division into account and marry it with the universal class-struggle. Suparna Banerjee, a sociologist based in Germany, explored the Maoist-dominated regions of rural India, documented her experience, and raised legitimate questions regarding the root of several pertinent issues in her new book titled "Maoists and Government Welfare: Excluding Legitimacy or Legitimising Exclusion?", which is an extension of her PhD thesis work done at University of Bonn. In this podcast she discusses this book, and other experiences regarding this.
Suparna's academic page: www.researchga...
Link to the book: www.amazon.in/...
Telegraph article on the book: www.telegraphi...
Suparna Banerjee's contact: [e-mail]
#banglapodcast #maoisminindia #naxalism #maoism #communism

[@dwaipayansinha4119]

Caste system ta Hindu exclusive system bolata puropuri shotheek na. Japan China o aro Desh e crystallised hierarchy hishebe caste system exist kore esche historically. India te shob dhormo including Sikhism Buddism etc te caste factor ta ache.

[@dr.suparnabanerjee2480]

Thanks for your comments. I agree. What is unique is the fluidity with which Indian ( primarily Hindu) version of the caste system can enter other religions and create this hierarchy.

[@bauwndule]

Spotify তে তোমরা ভুল অডিও আপলোড করেছ এটার। একটু ওটা ঠিক করে দাও না। ওটা Barry O'Brien এর টা আপলোড হয়ে গেছে।

[@thecoffeehouseexperience]

Thanks a lot! Ekhon fixed :)

[@highlightking501]

আচ্ছা আমার একটা প্রশ্ন আছে - আপনারা সকলে এতো শিক্ষিত কিন্তু তারপরেও আপনারা আপনাদের পদবী গুলোকে বিসর্জন দিতে বা মুছে ফেলতে পারছেন না কেন ??? ...... কোথাও একটা পৌঁছে তো ব্যাপারটার একটা ইতি ঘটা প্রয়োজন ..... বা তখন অন্তত বলা যাবে যে একটা ইতিবাচক পদক্ষেপ গ্রহণের কাজ শুরু হয়েছে - যার দ্বারা আগামীতে একটা বদল আসতে পারে..... আমার মনে হয়, এমনটা ঘটা শুরু হওয়া প্রয়োজন .... বিশেষত সমাজের উচ্চ জাত ও সম্ভ্রান্ত অংশের মানুষদের সেই পদক্ষেপ গ্রহণ - শুরু করা উচিত। এইভাবে ঘটতে শুরু করলে আস্তে আস্তে যারা উঁচু জাতের নয় তারাও যে মুহুর্তে সমাজের মূলধারার সঙ্গে যুক্ত হতে শুরু করবে অর্থাৎ যথাযথ শিক্ষিত হয়ে উঠতে পারবে - পেশার জগতে যথাযথভাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়ে উঠতে পরবে ধীরে ধীরে তারাও সম্ভ্রান্ত হয়ে উঠতে শুরু করবে তখন তারাও তাদের জাতিগত পরিচয় পরিত্যাগ করতে শুরু করবে ......

[@dr.suparnabanerjee2480]

Agreed. However, this is only a very superficial effort to address what is far more deep rooted and stringent. 😊

[@suhasmukherjee8830]

Apnar idea ta bhul..caste is not indian concept..

[@dr.suparnabanerjee2480]

Kindly elaborate.

[@avijitmitra56]

It doesn't matter which country's concept it is, it is still an issue in India and has been for a long period of time

[@shreyanghosh758]

"shei somoy computer ele hoito kaaj chole jeto"....cant believe even after so many years she believe it she is educated with a PHD but still has tremendious bias for communism then justfies with lift man example.....so here is a reality for her....Kolkata could have been present day Bangalore....Delhi was Capital Mumbai was financial Hub Kolkata was next big city destined to be choosen for next silicon valley due to large talent pool already have a large industrial base Bangalore was nowhere seen nothing was there but our Chief mInister with commie ideology didnt allow it and all went to Bangalore...with that great Brain Drain millions of educated Bengalis towards south india....and for Lift Man example didi beshi company ele aro office space lagbe aro beshi lift production korte hobe office space gulo ke banate hobe security guard er job korte hobe so eigulo ke korbe shei unskilled lift man gulo....dekhun aajge bengal er koto unskilled labour koto kaaj korche south India te

[@dr.suparnabanerjee2480]

Thanks for your comments. Probably there is some miscommunication. However I will still argue that machines are replacing humans and their creativity faster than we can even begin to imagine. Take AI for example. Anyways, appreciate your time and effort to listen and write. 😊

[@shreyanghosh758]

@@dr.suparnabanerjee2480 that's the problem with communist they will still stick to their communist principles and ideologies even after proven wrong time and again....many countries have been destroyed because of this ego and belief....But yeah thank god we are not in early 90s when India liberalised but our CM rejected Computer English and we missed the IT revolution....but hopefully we dont miss the AI revolution which is going to hit us next...but still Kolkata is filled with Budhijibis and hardcore belivers of that stupid principle which is have proved wrong around the world...lets see what hapen we haopefully catch AI revolution else we are doomed if we have not learned from that mistake 30 years ago...thanks for the reply appreciate it

[@suhasmukherjee8830]

Caste is not indian word...it came from casthe...

[@aritrabhattacharyya8797]

Murder is not an Indian word. Therefore we can conclude no one was ever murdered in India before the British came.

[@debaratigupta4290]

Brilliant discussion… can I get Suparna Banerjee’s mail id?

[@thecoffeehouseexperience]

Thanks, email posted in the description.

[@dr.suparnabanerjee2480]

Appreciate 😊