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MARCH Prompt: Cover font is in a primary colour:   9. The Naxalite Movement in India by Prakash Singh.   It is not clear who the target reader is for this book. Having lived through the Naxalite period during its waning period in Bihar, I was eager to know more about the movement - the people who led it and the people who were affected by it. I was extremely disappointed- this book just presents the bare bones without a body and soul. It's a tedious read, detailing only the events which comprised the naxal movement. This author writes, "The worst example of misgovernance in the country, Bihar has been a hotbed of Naxal activities.” Sadly, it is a one sided, lop sided narrative. There is no mention about the economic, social or cultural impact on the life of the people. Bihar was the worst affected     and it is still reeling under its blow.  "The Naxalite violence which erupted in Singhbhum and Ranchi districts had more serious dimensions. Jamshedpur became...

JANUARY MINI CHALLENGE   1.   Set in a country that celebrates Lunar New year - Across Many Mountains by Yangzom Brauen.   As I continued reading this book, the following saying came to my mind:   'I complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet'.--Arabic saying. I had been desperate to visit my native land and I got the opportunity at the age of sixty five. My native land is in the Southernmost part of India and I have grown up and spent most of the formative years of my life in Jamshedpur, an industrial township in the East of India. And here, was the story of the Tibetans,     who had escaped political persecution, to seek asylum in India and lead a life of refugees.   The author writes in great detail and with sensitivity on the difficult journey from Tibet to India and then onward, to where their destiny takes them. It is a poignant tale one that needs to be read as it narrates in detail the ordeal faced by these displaced peopl...