urban Naxal
A person, especially an intellectual, academic, journalist, or other urban resident,…A person, especially an intellectual, academic, journalist, or other urban resident, who supports the ideology, objectives, or activities of the Naxalite (Maoist) movement, particularly without being an armed member of such a movement.
Meaning
2 senses(India, slang)A person, especially an intellectual, academic, journalist, or other urban resident, who supports the ideology, objectives, or activities of the Naxalite (Maoist) movement, particularly without being an armed member of such a movement.
(India, broadly, slang)A person associated with radical left-wing political thought or activism in an urban setting and outside the armed rural Naxalite (Maoist) movement.
Origin
Coined by Indian filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a TrafCoined by Indian filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2018), a book about his film Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2014). Referring to the group's alleged ties with communist militants for left-wing beliefs, support for socialism, and hostility to Hindu nationalism.
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Forms
plural: urban Naxals| Singular | urban Naxal |
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See also
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