'Save Us From This Hell'

(This is an article that appeared in DNA Sunday on April 18, 2010.) Priyanka Borpujari visits the CRPF camp in Chintalnar — where the 76 jawans killed by Maoists on April 6 were based — and discovers that the current lot there are quite conscious of their status as...

The Red Terror

" India’s operation ‘Green Hunt’ against the Communist Party Of India—Maoists- has become a red terror that threatens to engulf the entire north eastern part of India all the way to Nepal. There are disquieting signs that it could spread to other states that have...

Nothing "Official" in Chhattisgarh

Sambo misses her four children; and has long stopped smiling. The petite woman’s eyes are vacant; she has already seen enough. She has already had enough. © Javed IqbalOctober 1, 2009, 7 am, Gompad:Security forces and SPOs (special police officers) of the Salwa Judum enter...