Hi, I am from India and over the course of the past year I have become radicalized and am a Marxist-Leninist now, but i have a lot of knowledge gap regarding many aspects of Indian Politics.

I needed some recommendations for books relating to Indian History (Caste, Colonialism, Independence Struggle, Indira Gandhi shenanigans and so on), any recommended authors? Hopefully from a Socialist/Communist or at least leftist perspective.

There are some other topics i would love recommendations for as well: Feminism in India, Trans Struggle (and LGBTQIA+ struggle in India in general), Economic Policies and the like. Thank you for your help!

  • burlemarx@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Hi comrade, I don’t know much about Indian history, aside the poor history I was told in Western books.

    There’s this guy who is Pakistani and has some excellent lectures on Marxism and has a book on Pakistani class structure:

    https://youtube.com/@taimurrahman-english

    I also recommend you seek info on the communist party of India, especially the one that runs Kerala today. Also you should read about the Naxalite struggle, a Maoist movement that is still active today (even though reduced after years of confrontation).

    Communist party of India: https://cpim.org/