Rythu Biddadu Guerillagaa.., Kondapalli Seetharamaiah Jeevitam  (Paperback, Telugu, K.Anuradha)

Kondapalli Seetharamaiah was one of the charismatic leaders of the Naxalite movement in the Telugu states for more than twenty years between 1970 and 1991. Under his leadership, the Peoples’ War captured the imagination of people, boldly challenging authority and taking unusual steps. The state vacillated between repression and conciliation and the PWG used this fully to expand in a vigorous fashion. Peasantry were organised and red flags planted on the lands of landlords who fled to the cities in Telangana. Separate glasses at tea shops for Dalits were smashed and PWG squads and local cadre held open and summary court in villages to punish wrong-doers, landlords and their (PWG) opponents. All this earned them the goodwill of people and the admiration of youth and there was an upswing in their favour. How the PWG exited the two Telugu states is a later story. K. Anuradha chronicles the life and times of Kondapalli Seetharamaiah in an authentic biography based on interviews with his compatriots. This book is a must read for those who wish to understand the history of the far Left through the lens of a biography.