urban Naxal

English

Etymology

Coined 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.

Noun

urban Naxal (plural urban Naxals)

  1. (Indian politics, derogatory, slang, chiefly Hindutva, politics) A liberal or a leftist.
    Synonym: sickular

Derived terms

  • turban Naxal
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