While West Bengal became synonymous with Naxalism, the first and last waves of this movement were witnessed largely in united Andhra Pradesh—beginning in the 1930s and culminating in the deadlier, weaponised communism of the People’s War Group in the 1980s.Red Books Day at Hyderabad Central University in February. It’s a day when the communist canon is celebrated | Photo: Instagram/@sficecIn the last four decades, many prolific writers have decoded Communism’s contribution to Andhra and the country, but the descriptions of mathematician, lawyer, and human rights activist late Prof K Balagopal and Malla Reddy are most often read out to comrades.“Ignited. Instigated. Immortalised.” This is how Malla Reddy described united Andhra Pradesh’s...