Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Author’s Disclaimer vii
3. Contents ix
4. Preface xi
5. PART ONE: Going Underground
6. 1. Following the Call 3
7. 2. Half a Century of Armed Resistance 12
8. 3. Living in a Mud Hut 40
9. PART TWO: Prashant, the Kid among the Goats
10. 4. Meeting the Guerrillas 49
11. 5. The City in the Forest 57
12. 6. Dressing as a Man 63
13. PART THREE: Gyanji, an Agile Mind
14. 7. Night One 73
15. 8. Sacrifice, Renunciation, Liberation and Violence 84
16. 9. Morning One 107
17. PART FOUR: Kohli’s Home Away from Home
18. 10. Night Two 115
19. 11. Egalitarian Ideals, Humaneness and Intimacy 126
20. 12. Night Three 151
21. PART FIVE: Vikas, Frankenstein’s Monster
22. 13. Night Four 161
23. 14. Accelerating the Reach of the State and Capital 170
24. 15. Night Five 194
25. PART SIX: Somwari’s Autonomy from the Shackles of Patriarchy
26. 16. Night Five, Continued 203
27. 17. Gender, Generation, Class and Caste 208
28. 18. Night Six 229
29. PART SEVEN: What Came to Pass
30. 19. Night Seven 235
31. 20. Incarnations 252
32. Fieldnotes on Making New Futures 260
33. A Bibliographic Essay on the Naxalites 270
34. Notes 297
35. Index 311
36. Acknowledgements 324
37. About the Author 327