Rahul Pandita
The Maoist movement in its present form will be most likely over in the next few years. The geographical influence of Maoists has contracted to 41 districts from 96 about 10 years ago
The ambush on April 3rd apart, Maoists seem to be on the run as India intensifies its counter-insurgency operations
The right lesson from Chhattisgarh is that Maoists have run out of places to hide
Their posters threaten people over reportedly harassing tribal women
Resentment is growing against Maoists in their strongholds. But it is on the risk of getting eclipsed by grudges against the state
Away from the humdrum of noisy electioneering, on three edges of the country—Kashmir, the Assam border and the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh—democracy faces different varieties of disenchantment that are hard to undo