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This essay's goal is to examine how women fit into the Naxalbari movement by examining how one woman defies patriarchal authority and forges a niche for herself in a movement that is dominated by men: A book published in 1989 is a prime example of Indian English literature's Naxalbari movement. The first peasant revolt in India in twenty years began in the little village of Naxalbari, which is located in the Darjeeling region of West Bengal. The Naxalbari movement took place from 1965 to 1975. The portrayal of women and their experiences in the writings on the movement in Indian English literature have not yet been explored, despite the fact that there have been several scholarly works on the movement. In order to fill this vacuum, the paper examines the movement from a feminist perspective using one of the representative writings. While historical records demonstrate how women were front-line fighters throughout the movement's early stages before being sidelined as it grew, no movement chronicle acknowledges the role or contributions of women during this time. This study explores the problematic and conflicting representation of women in the text of the book Naxalites. Specifically, it does so by presenting a female character who tries to alter the movement's whole course in order to make it more enduring. Therefore, by offering a substitute inside the movement's folds, the study attempts to understand women as a subversive force within the movement that represents the critical voice against the patriarchal framework.

KEYWORDS- women, movement, patriarchy, female identity