The Compositional Paradox in Violence: Classes of Bhadralok and Chotolk in the Naxalite Novel

• Main Authors: Sarkar, Debjani, Manna, Nirban
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Bhadralok; caste; chotolok; class; Naxalite-Maoist fiction; violence
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss38/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1912/viewcontent/KK_2038_2C_202022_209_20Regular_20section_20__20Sarkar_20and_20Manna.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article problematizes the class and caste-based binary of the bhadralok and the chotolok entwined with the Naxalite/Maoist insurgency in India. These long-catalogued terms have been defined and categorized in this article through a study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland (2013) and Swati Sengupta’...