Red Jihad in Fiction
The story unfolds when a Pakistani jihadi leader, Yaseer Basheer, travels to the Red Corridor that connects the foothills of Himalayas in Nepal with Madurai through Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu;. He enlists the support of an Indian Naxalite commander, Agyaat. The two plan to launch a ballistic missile. The missile changes course on flight and hits Pakistan
What happened next makes an engrossing read even as it forces the reader to put on his/her thinking cap to crystal gaze the future of India-Pak relations after the US forces withdraw from Kabul in end-2014
A plus for this novel is the writer’s ability to treat the complex geo-political relations and ideologies impartially and with sensitivity. He did a thorough research before venturing into writing and it comes out clearly as he transports the reader to the make believe world of collaboration between a die-hard Maoist and a Mujahideen who is lured into the world of guns by the possibility of angles dancing with him on martyrdom in the cause of Islam.
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