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Breaking news! Youngest Maoist nabbed!

Check out the murderous rage on his face!

Check out the hand that has bludgeoned many heads!

Check out the strained forehead that explain his years committed to bloodshed!

 
Citizen's Interviews of S.P., Dantewada

Final Two Parts Of The Interview With SP Dantewada, Amresh Mishra on the 4th of Jan regarding the whereabouts of Sodi Sambo.

 
The tribal ‘Ruchikas’ of Dantewada

Operation Green Hunt to flush out the Maoist rebels from central India may have begun only last November, but the hapless tribals of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region have been at the receiving end of official hostility for years before that.

 
Police State, Visitors, Anthropology

Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Professor of Political Science, Delhi University and I have just returned  (January 1st) from a visit to the police state of Chhattisgarh.

 
Talking with S.P. Dantewada

Priyanka: I am a journalist and I need to speak to you about Sodi Sambo? Where is she now? Why was she illegal detained last night?

 

Interviews

Home News Editorials
For tribals, development means exploitation
News - Editorials
Jyoti Punwani
10 March, 2010
The Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/For-tribals-development-means-exploitation/articleshow/5664400.cms


B D Sharma is one of India's foremost experts on tribal issues. He has served as collector of undivided Bastar district in Chhattisgarh and commissioner for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and has campaigned extensively to protect the rights of tribals. Currently, the coordinator of Bharat Jan Andolan, a network of grass-roots organisations, Sharma tells that current notions of development are at the root of the Maoist insurgency:

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Kopa Kunjam -- Adivasi youth leader working for justice and peace in Bastar
News - Editorials
(English translation included)
कोपा कुंजाम - बस्तर का अराजनैतिक न्याय और शान्ति आदिवासी युवा नेता
 
हिमाँशु कुमार
22 दिसंबर 2009
 
आज वनवासी चेतना आश्रम से जुड़े सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता कोपा कुंजाम के विषय में कुछ पुलिस अधिकारियों का बयान कुछ समाचार पत्रों ने छापा है. हम पुलिस अधिकारोयों की मजबूरी समझ सकते हैं. इन बेचारे अधिकारियों को तो नेताओं का हुक्म मानना पड़ता है. नेताओं ने बड़ी कंपनियों से करोड़ों रुपया रिश्वत का खा लिया है ताकि आदिवासिओं की ज़मीनों को इन कंपनियों को दिया जा सके. और बेचारे पुलिस वाले आदिवासियों को मार मार कर ज़मीन ख़ाली कराने के काम में लगे हुए हैं. आदिवासियों से ज़मीन ख़ाली कराने के लिए पहले सल्वा जुडूम चलाया गया जिसमें भाई से भाई लड़ाने का षड्यंत्र रचा गया और हज़ारों आदिवासियों के घरों को जला दिया गया. इन्हीं पुलिस वालों ने नेताओं के आदेश से हज़ारों लड़कियों का बलात्कार किया, हज़ारों  लोगों की हत्याएं कीं जिसमें छोटे छोटे बच्चे-बच्चियों की हत्याएं भी शामिल हैं. पुलिस और सल्वा जुडूम के इन कारनामों से लाखों आदिवासी इन ज़ुल्मों से डर कर और अपने गाँव छोड़ कर जंगल में छिप  गए.
 
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Now who is hiding, Mr. Vishwaranjan?
News - Editorials
Siddhartha Mitra
18 Dec 2009


      The long wait. The pips. And then the phone rang.

      He picked up the phone on the fourth ring.

      “Hello?” a gruff voice inquired.

      It was a voice of authority. After all, Mr. Vishwaranjan, the person I was calling, was the Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh, the person at the top of the law enforcement institution in the state.

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The Rise & Rise of BSE PSU index
News - Editorials
Satark
http://satark.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/the-rise-rise-of-bse-psu-index/

 

Bombay Stock Exchange gives thumbs up to Operation Green Hunt

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Let us raise our voices to demand an end to this hunt
News - Editorials
K. Balagopal
13 Oct 2009
(Originally published in Telugu in Andhra Jyothy, September 23, 2009
See: http://www.andhrajyothy.com/editshow.asp?qry=/2009/sep/23edit3 )
 

“Green Hunt” has started. The program of elimination of Maoists that Home Minister Chidambaram said would start in September, and then postponed to November, has started in September as originally planned. Given the low reliability of reports emanating from Chhattisgarh, the numbers  published by the press as to how many “Cobra” Soldiers have entered Dantewada district, how many battalions of paramilitary units have been sent by the Center, what kind of  fatalities have been caused by the shootings on both sides, etc. might not be completely true.

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