Chhattisgarh

Anatomy of a medical butchery

Aanchal Bansal

It was the kind of horror that could have happened only in a place where life is cheap and easily disposable. We find out what went wrong in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where fifteen women died after attending mass sterilisation camps and more than a hundred were taken ill

THE LAST FARCE

Ullekh NP

A despatch from the Maoist heartland

Waiting for Elohim

Lhendup G Bhutia

We step into the world of alien worshippers in India who have been thrilled by the discovery of rock paintings depicting UFOs in Chhattisgarh

Citizens and Soldiers

Supriya Sharma

The CRPF’s missteps threaten its efforts to woo tribal youth in Chhattisgarh

Alleged Facts

Rahul Pandita

The Sarkaiguda encounter has set off a familiar drama. Activists say the people killed were innocent. The police say they were dangerous. Neither have much regard for facts

Blind in Dantewada

Rahul Pandita

The standout feature of the State’s battle against Maoism is botched-up police action

Orwell’s 1984: Starring the Sori Family

Rahul Pandita

The absurdity of India’s fight against the Maoist insurgency

Suspended Animation

Rahul Pandita

The fate of Special Police Officers in the state needs to be decided quickly

The Ghost of Salwa Judum

Rahul Pandita

Chhattisgarh’s shameful response to a police rampage

Where the Gun Is a Limb

arindam

Ten days after the Dantewada ambush in which 76 CRPF jawans were killed, Open photographer Ishan Tankha travels to Chhattisgarh to meet the chief architect of the biggest Naxal attack so far. In the dense forests, he catches glimpses of the life of Maoist guerillas.