Maoism in India is an attempt to study and analyse the movement. Already a number of left intellectuals and scholars have studied the movement and written about it. My attempt has been to find out the difference between the Naxalite and CPI (Maoist) movements. Is there any difference as such? Though the Naxalite movement took birth in Naxalbari in 1967, it is still striving to find a sustainable support base. The Naxalite movement got its name from Naxalbari village where the first major uprising took place. Also, through the merger of the People