Spread over fifteen of the country�s twenty-eight states, India�s Maoist movement is now one of the world�s biggest and most sophisticated extreme-left movements. Hardly a week passes without people dying in strikes and counter-strikes by the Maoists�interchangeably known as the Naxalites�and the police and paramilitary forces. In this brilliant and sobering examination of the �Other India�, Sudeep Chakravarti combines reportage, political analysis and individual case histories as he takes us to the heart of Maoist zones in the country�areas of extreme destitution, bad governance and perpetual war.