This is the English translation of the memoirs of Abani Lahari, a dedicated Communist and one of the foremost leaders of the Tebhaga uprising of 1946-47, a movement of sharecroppers and the rural poor. It takes the form of an extended interview conducted by the late Ranajit Dasgupta—Communist activist and well-known labour historian—whose discreet yet highly perceptive questioning raises it much above the level of most memoirs. Sharply analytical in approach, ...
