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	'''''Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia''''' is an [[Indian military fiction\|political/military thriller]] by [[Sami A. Khan\|Sami Ahmad Khan]]. It was published by [[Rupa & Co.]] in June 2012. ''Red Jihad'' was hailed as one of the first novels to fictionalize the Maoist-Mujahideen nexus in the Indian [[Red corridor\|Red Corridor]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/interview-what-if-naxals-and-jihadis-join-hands/20121025.htm \|title=What if Naxals and jihadis join hands? - Rediff.com India News \|~~publisher~~=Rediff.com \|date=2012-10-25 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> and for dramatizing the links between [[Jihadism\|religious fundamentalism]] and [[Naxalite\|political terrorism]] in India.		'''''Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia''''' is a [[Indian military fiction\|political/military thriller]] by [[Sami A. Khan\|Sami Ahmad Khan]]. It was published by [[Rupa & Co.]] in June 2012. ''Red Jihad'' was hailed as one of the first novels to fictionalize the Maoist-Mujahideen nexus in the Indian [[Red corridor\|Red Corridor]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/interview-what-if-naxals-and-jihadis-join-hands/20121025.htm \|title=What if Naxals and jihadis join hands? - Rediff.com India News \|work=Rediff.com \|date=2012-10-25 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> and for dramatizing the links between [[Jihadism\|religious fundamentalism]] and [[Naxalite\|political terrorism]] in India.

	''Red Jihad'' was Khan's debut. After its publication, ''Businessworld'' magazine said Khan "might have started a genre that will lead many youngsters to learn the English language the way an earlier generation learnt it: through our own Robert Ludlums and Fredrick Forsyths."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/the-story-of-a-rogue-missile/595030.0/page/0 \|title=The Story Of A Rogue Missile \|publisher=Businessworld.in \|date=2012-10-30 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> Khan has also been labelled as the Indian equivalent of Tom Clancy by the ''Millennium Post''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=23932 \|title=Of war and peace \| Millennium Post \|publisher=Millenniumpost.in \|date=2013-03-23 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>		''Red Jihad'' was Khan's debut. After its publication, ''Businessworld'' magazine said Khan "might have started a genre that will lead many youngsters to learn the English language the way an earlier generation learnt it: through our own Robert Ludlums and Fredrick Forsyths."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/the-story-of-a-rogue-missile/595030.0/page/0 \|title=The Story Of A Rogue Missile \|publisher=Businessworld.in \|date=2012-10-30 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> Khan has also been labelled as the Indian equivalent of Tom Clancy by the ''Millennium Post''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=23932 \|title=Of war and peace \| Millennium Post \|publisher=Millenniumpost.in \|date=2013-03-23 \|accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>
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{{Infobox book
| name =Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia
| image = Red Jihad (Cover).jpg
| caption = First Indian edition cover
| author = Sami Ahmad Khan
| country = India
| genre = [[Conspiracy fiction]], [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
| publisher = [[Rupa & Co.|Rupa & Co. India Pvt Ltd]]
| series = Red Jihad #1
| release_date = June 2012
| pages = 280
| isbn = 9788129119872
| followed_by = [[Aliens in Delhi]]
}}
'''''Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia''''' is an [[Indian military fiction|political/military thriller]] by [[Sami A. Khan|Sami Ahmad Khan]]. It was published by [[Rupa & Co.]] in June 2012. ''Red Jihad'' was hailed as one of the first novels to fictionalize the Maoist-Mujahideen nexus in the Indian [[Red corridor|Red Corridor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/interview-what-if-naxals-and-jihadis-join-hands/20121025.htm |title=What if Naxals and jihadis join hands? - Rediff.com India News |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2012-10-25 |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> and for dramatizing the links between [[Jihadism|religious fundamentalism]] and [[Naxalite|political terrorism]] in India.

''Red Jihad'' was Khan's debut. After its publication, ''Businessworld'' magazine said Khan "might have started a genre that will lead many youngsters to learn the English language the way an earlier generation learnt it: through our own Robert Ludlums and Fredrick Forsyths."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessworld.in/en/storypage/-/bw/the-story-of-a-rogue-missile/595030.0/page/0 |title=The Story Of A Rogue Missile |publisher=Businessworld.in |date=2012-10-30 |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> Khan has also been labelled as the Indian equivalent of Tom Clancy by the ''Millennium Post''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=23932 |title=Of war and peace | Millennium Post |publisher=Millenniumpost.in |date=2013-03-23 |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>

==Plot==
The novel was written in 2010, published in 2012, and set in 2014 AD, in the near-future. Pakistan has transitioned into a full-fledged democracy and is reconciling with India. However, there are forces working against this fragile peace. A Pakistani jihadi leader, Yasser Basheer, travels to the Red Corridor and enlists the support of an Indian Naxalite commander, Agyaat. Their plan: to unleash Pralay, India's experimental intercontinental ballistic missile, on the subcontinent. As the missile changes course en route, it hits Pakistan and causes collateral damage. In response, Pakistan unleashes war on India. The battle for South Asia turns murkier as an Indo-Pak war threatens to embroil many other countries in the endgame. Have India and Pakistan sparked off the mother of all wars? A gripping thriller, Red Jihad explores the most feared nexus between the jihadis and the naxals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sami Ahmad Khan |url=http://www.flipkart.com/red-jihad-battle-south-asia/p/itmdackagpfyhqs7 |title=Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia - Buy Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia by Sami Ahmad Khan Online at Best Prices in India |publisher=Flipkart.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref>

==Awards and reception==
''Red Jihad: Battle for South Asia'' garnered generally positive reception and the novel went into a reprint within months of its release. It was praised by think tank Policy Research Group for its "impartiality and sensitivity towards complex geo-political relations and ideologies" and "being able to crystal gaze into the future of Indo-Pak relations"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://policyresearchgroup.com/book_shelf/red_jihad_in_fiction.html |title=Strategic Insight - Red Jihad in Fiction |publisher=Policy Research Group |date=2012-07-14 |accessdate=2013-10-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806145252/http://policyresearchgroup.com/book_shelf/red_jihad_in_fiction.html |archivedate=2013-08-06 }}</ref> and for extrapolating from contemporary scenarios.

'''Literary Awards''': ''Red Jihad'' won the "Muse India Young Writer (Runner-Up) Award" at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museindia.com/newsview.asp?id=34 |title=Welcome to Muse India |publisher=Museindia.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> and "Excellence in Youth Fiction Writing" at Delhi World Book Fair 2013.

==Sequel==
Khan is now working on his second book, a science-fiction sequel to ''Red Jihad'', that is themed around time-travel and alternate history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aseemrastogi2.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/in-conversation-with-sami-ahmed-author-of-red-jihad/ |title=In conversation with Sami Ahmad: Author of "Red Jihad" | Transition of Thoughts |publisher=Aseemrastogi2.wordpress.com |date=2013-02-19 |accessdate=2013-10-15}}</ref> The working title of the sequel is ''Aliens in Delhi''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/war-games/article4679615.ece Thehindu.com]

[[Category:2012 Indian novels]]
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[[Category:Rupa Publications books]]
[[Category:Indian Armed Forces in fiction]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations in popular culture]]
[[Category:Naxalite–Maoist insurgency]]
[[Category:Indian political novels]]
[[Category:Novels about nuclear war and weapons]]
[[Category:Novels set in India]]
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