'9" IJnderstanding Maoists Notes ofa Participant Observer fromAndhra Pradesh N. Venugopal Sefu Prakashani Kolkata Delhi Understanding Maoists Notes of a Participant Observer from Andhra Pradesh by N Venugopal ,-, Cover Design : Ramanajeevi f ,.rorg o{ {ori Cover Page Photo by Sangeveni Ravindra Mg b.othe r, comrade, and guide Many landlords in Telangana fled abandoning their forts as a result of the peasant moyement. The piclure shows greenplants bursting out of the deserted Wh", the world k..* ." K;sh"n1ji fort. @ N. Venugopal Rao, January 2013
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