Narmada Akka
| Narmada | |
|---|---|
| Born | Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 4 December 2012 Aheri, Gadchiroli |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Organization | Communist Party of India (Maoist) |
| Known for | A cadre and Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist) |
| Spouse(s) | Sudhakar |
Narmada was one of the "senior-most" female cadres of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), a bannedMaoist insurgentcommunist party in India. She was a Central Committee member of the party, and reportedly used to frame "all policies for the female cadre of Maoists."
She married Sudhakar alias "Kiran". Sudhakar is seen as a Maoist ideologue, and is a member of CPI (Maoist)'s "publication division". He is also a member of the Politburo of the party.
Narmada was able to fluently communicate in seven languages, including English. She dropped-out the college and joined the CPI (Maoist) at an early age of 18, and she had spent over 30 years in the jungles as a veteran to the Maoist movement in India. Her father was also a supporter of the communist ideology, and his words so touched her that she made her mind to join the radical leftists.
During an interview with Rahul Pandita and Vanessa (a French journalist), at an unknown time in the jungles of Dandakaranya, Narmada said:
"My father was a Communist, and in those times, a Communist was like a pariah. My father would talk about Naxals and say that they have broken away from the shackles of domesticity."
And, it was after that conversation with her father, that she decided to join the Maoists. She was active as the Divisional Secretary of South Gadchiroli division of CPI (Maoist). She was the second female comrade to have been selected as a member of the Central Committee of the radical leftist organisation, after Anuradha Ghandy (wife of Kobad Ghandy). She was also acting as the chief of the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan's unit of Dandakaranya region, which is among the top-most "women's organizations" in India when it comes to numbers of registered members, and Arundhati Roy says that it has 90,000 members. She had as much as 53 police cases registered against her name in Maharashtra.
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