The Red Earth that made Kanhaiya Kumar

March 15, 2016 11:32

"The blood that runs in the veins of our family can never be anti-national. They called Kanhaiya a traitor for questioning the Indian Army. Do they know that our cousin was killed by militants in Manipur while serving with the CRPF?

"Kanhaiya Kumar will eventually leave the headlines, but on the verandah of his family home in Bihat, he will be in the news for a long time. For the old comrades in the village -- also known as 'Bihar's Leningrad' -- clinging to the vestiges of Communism, Kanhaiya has stoked Marxism's dying red embers, at least for now.

Archana Masih/Rediff.com travels to the land of Lal Salam to find out what moulded India's most talked about student leader. Read

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