Walking with the Comrades

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"Walking with the Comrades" is a nonfiction work by Arundhati Roy that chronicles her time spent with Maoist guerrillas in India, exploring issues of insurgency, state violence, and social justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
nonfiction book
author Arundhati Roy
countryOfOrigin India
describes Indian paramilitary operations
Malayan National Liberation Army
surface form: Maoist guerrillas

Operation Green Hunt
life in guerrilla camps
firstPublishedAs magazine essay
genre journalism
political nonfiction
reportage
hasPerspective first-person narrative
hasSubject Indian politics
civil conflict in India
mining and corporate interests in tribal areas
language English
literaryForm narrative nonfiction
mainSubject Adivasi communities
Maoist insurgency in India
Maoist insurgency in India
surface form: Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

counterinsurgency
militarization
resource extraction
social justice
state violence in India
tribal rights in India
mediaType digital article
print
notableFor critical stance toward state repression
focus on marginalized communities
on-the-ground reporting from Maoist-controlled areas
partOf Arundhati Roy's political essays
publicationType long-form essay
publisher Outlook magazine
relatedWork Listening to Grasshoppers
The Algebra of Infinite Justice
setInLocation Chhattisgarh
Dandakaranya forest
central India
setInPeriod 21st century
theme armed struggle
critique of Indian state
critique of neoliberalism
displacement of indigenous people
human rights
insurgency

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Arundhati Roy notableWork Walking with the Comrades