Stalin versus Mao.

The Maoist threat in Lalgarh, West Bengal, is less an indicator of the growing strength of violent Left-wing groups than of the state's unwillingness to confront them. With an estimated committed cadre of around 10,000 combatants all over India, it is not beyond the power of the Central and state governments to defeat, disband and rehabilitate them over the next couple of years. But through sheer callousness and carelessness we have allowed a minor threat to grow into a Frankenstein. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]