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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. Will Andhra fight Chhattisgarh’s battle?

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    / June 10, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Last night, Maoists in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh blew up an anti-landmine vehicle and killed three constables and seven special police officers. The police party had travelled to the area in Bastar region, on specific information of Maoist movement. But the guerillas took them by surprise, striking at night. The...

  4. Binayak gets bail, not relief

    Posted by Varavara Rao
    / April 15, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Varavara Rao   I am not fully happy with the manner in which Dr Binayak Sen has been granted bail by the Supreme Court today. It is only a minor relief because the apex court has ruled that the conditionalities should be fixed by the lower court in Chhattisgarh....

  5. A naxal lawyer who the police listened to

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    / January 1, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Andhra Watch The year was 1985. N T Rama Rao had won the assembly mid-term elections with a landslide majority of  200 seats. The police unleashed a reign of state terror on naxalites after NTR’s  ‘sambandhi’ (Daggubati Venkateswara Rao’s father) Chenchu Ramaiah was killed in Prakasam district.    As we travelled in a general, unreserved train compartment, civil rights activist  K...

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