Difference Between Indians And Naxalites

The article ADIVASIS, NAXALITES AND INDIAN DEMOCRACY by Ramachandra Guha focuses on the condition of adivasis who are caught between the government and naxalites. Adivasis ,which is a term used for the tribes of central and eastern India who share certain attributes in terms of cultural, social, economic and political entities that makes them distinct from north-eastern tribes and other Indian and thus treating them as a single segment. According to the author there are roughly 70 million tribals covering the states of Gujrat, Rajesthan, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andra Pradesh, Orrisa, Bihar and west Bengal, and the tribes of north-east zone differ from their counterparts in other parts of india in terms of literacy, hindu influence and dispossession .
Talking about the problems of adivasis on the grounds of Indian democracy, on one hand they are provided with decent education, healthcare and other
Talking specifically of politics the author produced some facts reflecting the manifestations of invisibility of tribals from the political process and their ineffectiveness in making their claims heard by the formal political system also mobilisation at a national level.
The author then moved on to the history of adivasis uprising and demonstrations where over the last four decades, they expressed their public and collective discontent with the policies and programmes of the state. Some of the protests were led by traditional leaders and taken recourse to traditional means (as in Bastar in 1966 or in Jharkhand in the late 1970s) and others were mobilised by social activists (Narmada Bachao Andolan). Most of the protests are very badly handled and suppressed by the state. Also, more recently, tribal issues has been expressed under the leadership of Maoist