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There was a time when the idea of a Naxal-free India felt aspirational at best. On the ground, it seemed improbable. Roads were mined, forests were inaccessible, and entire districts lived under the shadow of what was once known as the Red Corridor. That reality has shifted decisively. Travelling through Bastar, Bijapur and the once-impenetrable…
Jhiram, Chhattisgarh: The government’s deadline for the complete eradication of Naxalism in the country, March 31, is at hand. But at Jhiram Valley in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar, the nightmares have not stopped even 13 years after the massacre. On May 25, 2013, the Darbha stretch of Jhiram Valley had turned into a killing field. Maoists ambushed…
Bhopal: On January 7, Ramesh Baghel’s father died. No one could have imagined that the cremation of a pastor from a village in Bastar would reach the country’s Supreme Court. His son wanted to bury him near the graves of his ancestors in the village, but he couldn’t. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered that…