urban Naxal

English

Etymology

Coined by Indian filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri in Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam, a 2018 book about his 2014 film Buddha in a Traffic Jam. 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.

Synonyms

• sickular

Derived terms

• turban Naxal