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  1. When a Red sees red

    Posted by sampad mahapatra
    / July 26, 2012 /
    Top Odisha Maoist Sabyasachi Panda who was responsible for the abduction of two Italian tourists in March this year may have snapped ties with the CPI-Maoist. In an audio message released last week, Sabyasachi has introduced himself as the secretary of Odisha Maovadi (Maoist) Party and not as the secretary...

  2. Maoist maneater on the prowl

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    / May 4, 2012 /
    “Yes, absolutely,” said a senior police officer when I asked him if he would use the phrase to describe the situation in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. “What Chhattisgarh government does not realise is that the Maoists are breathing down Raipur’s neck. So many of the districts around the state capital are...

  3. Is India hostage to Maoists?

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    / April 22, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The first collector of the newly-formed district of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, clearly hadn’t read how his senior in the IAS, Vineel Krishna in Malkangiri district of Odisha was kidnapped last year. Following pretty much the same pattern of sending Maoists dressed as villagers, Alex, a 2006 batch IAS officer,...

  4. Do journalists sleep with the `enemy’?

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    / March 26, 2012 / 5 Comments
    Sampad Mahapatra was heading back from the jungle when we spoke. The `long’ phone conversation, however had to be split into four parts, thanks to the cellphone signals that kept dropping. My former colleague in NDTV, Odisha, Sampad was returning to Bhubaneswar after one of the most adventurous and dramatic...

  5. Future bombed

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    / March 22, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s clarification has failed to pacify me. After making a sweeping statement that “government schools breed naxalism and should be handed over to private players”, he has tried to do some damage-control, saying he was actually referring to “sick government schools in naxal-affected areas”. I would have...

  6. Police to Maoists : Happy New Year

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    / January 10, 2012 /
    Optimism, thy name is Karimnagar district police. Which is why the police in this Telangana district has printed Sankranti and New Year greeting cards, filled with photographs of top Maoists from the district, with a slogan `Vanam Veedi Janamloki Randi’ (leave the forest and join the mainstream). The cards are...

  7. Maoists and their nicknames

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    / January 5, 2012 /
    Stella Paul, an environment and development journalist, posted this interesting titbit on her Facebook. How many nicknames do the Maoists have in Chhattisgarh? Here are some samples: 1. Wo log (Those people) 2. Jangalwale (those from the forest) 3. Uparwale (those living up the hill) 4. Neechewale (those living down...

  8. The Maoists in white

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    / December 1, 2011 / 1 Comment
    The Maoists are certain Kishenji was tortured after he was picked up and then killed in a fake encounter in the forests of West Bengal. The state denies the charge. It is a familiar pattern of accusation and denial, that takes place whenever any top Maoist is killed. Not to...

  9. Kishenji will call no more

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    / November 24, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir Sometime in 2009, I got a call from a man who identified himself as Pradeep. “Pehchana nahin kya Sir, main Pradeep bol raha hoon,” he insisted with familiarity. I couldn’t place him. Finally he said, “Main Kishenji bol raha hoon,” and I exclaimed, “To aise boliye...

  10. Can the hungry go on a hunger strike?

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    / August 21, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Arundhati Roy Our country is poised at a dangerous place right now for many reasons. There are all kinds of battles for supremacy. There are real resistances, there are theatrical and false resistances, revolutions from the top, revolutions from the bottom. And sometimes all of this is interpreted by...

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