The long dark tea time of the soul

The election results of Nepal came as a surprise to almost everybody, including the maoists of Nepal who won more than 50% of seats. Although the reason behind their remarkable performance and how they will behave in power is left to much speculation among the experts, we can make a good guess of at least [...]

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On this 40th anniversary of the Naxalbari uprising, I dedicate this post to

the santhal peasants who raided the farms of the zamindars in Naxalbari to break the shackles of a thousand years of slavery
the students, labourers, farmers, social activists, writers, poets, journalists, professionals who were branded as naxalites and silenced by the state
the victims of [...]

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This is a video interview with the Sarpanch of Santoshpur, Ganga Emla. Emla is also an SPO, an offshoot of Salwa Judum, a kind of private militia that is armed and funded by the state. The interview is in references to the alleged fake encounter of 6 tribals at Santoshpur, Bastar. What happenned in [...]

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This is the first part of my three part essay on naxalism. I have already posted the second part in this blog, where I have presented a seven-point program for the naxalite central committee. In the present essay, I discuss the origin of the movement, the issues of ideology, politics and and [...]

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The naxalites are a confused lot these days. The last one year has been quiet eventful for them. On the one hand, they got the best compliment of their lives when the prime minister acknowledged that “naxalism is single biggest internal security challenge” ever faced by our country. They have made significant gains post [...]

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I don’t know Nagesh Anna. I have never met him or seen him, I have never seen his photograph, nor heard his voice. I don’t know his real name, nor am I sure whether he is a real person or not. For all it matters, Nagesh anna might not exist at all, he might be [...]

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This monday, on 17th july late evening, around 600 maoists attacked the Errabore relief camp. Apparently first a batch of 100 armed maoists attacked the crpf camp nearby and engaged the armed policemen in a bullet battle, and then 500, most of them armed with machettes, axe and knives, rained down on the relief camp [...]

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Tragedy of the Tribal’s of Bastar.
By
J.P.Rao

The people of Bastar are resisting the atrocities of Maoists voluntarily.
Government of Chhattisghar.

I would not like to leave my village and its forest, neither I would like to join Salva Judum. The police burnt houses in my village and hung us upside down from the trees. [...]

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After 20 years of nothingness, something is happenning in Dantewada, the southernmost district in Chhattisgarh, over the past one year. This is demonstrated by the remarkable increase in the number of search results of the term Dantewada on google. We are told by the state and its organs - the politicians, the police, the officials [...]

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