Kerala\'s Naxalbari : Ajitha: Memoirs of a Young Revolutionary

Contents: 1. The first step. 2. The decision. 3. The campaign. 4. Comrade TV Appu. 5. A problem called China. 6. The background of Thalassery-Pulpally. 7. Ma. 8. Preparation for Pulpally. 9. Pulpally revolt. 10. Comrade Kissan Thomman\'s Martydom. 11. Life at Thirunelli. 12. In police custody. 13. Prison and court. 14. The Thalassery Fiasco. 15. Political responses. 16. Naxalbari and the perversion called Annihilation. 17. The political resolution of the CPI (ML). 18. Comrade Chandy. 19. Kuttiyadi and Tirunelli. 20. The Brutal murder of Comrade Varghese. 21. Life in prison at Kozhikode. 22. Trial and verdict. 23. The Bangladesh War. 24. The inmates of Kannur Prison. 25. Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison. 26. The High Court Verdict. 27. The women\'s cell of Thiruvananthapuram Prison. 28. The declaration of emergency. 29. Tortures during emergency. 30. The death of Mao and March elections. 31. Persuasion. 32. Freedom. 33. Looking back. Appendix. Epilogue.

"On the night of November 24, 1968, a group of sixty determined to change the world, ran over a police station in the forests of Western Ghats. One of them was a girl, young enough to be a senior secondary student. The group hacked to death a wireless operator, fatally wounded an inspector and then went on to distribute the hoarded wealth of the feudal lords who had made slaves of tribal women and men, trading them in village fairs and binding them in perpetual debt. They were declared murderous dacoits by the media, the young woman\'s photograph was splashed every where as a warning. Thus was born, the poster woman of Kerala\'s Naxal Movement. The fascinating story of Ajitha is also that of Kerala\'s Naxalbari."