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THE MAOIST MOVEMENT IN NEPAL
Asish K. Roy
The ultra-leftist politics, which had burst forth in the 1960s and continued till the middle of the 1970s in India, Nepal and then Bangladesh acquired a new dimension with the rise of the Maoists in Nepal in the late 1990s. This has not only disturbed the otherwise quiescent political scenario in the region but is also likely to aggravate the existing regional geostrategic equations if and when Nepal falls to Maoist rebels. Before analyzing the roots of the Maoist movement in Nepal, let me present a clear picture of the geostrategic location of Nepal and then try to bring into relief the fallout of this movement in South Asia.
Placed as she is between the two giant Asian neighbours, India and the ...
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