Red Affairs by Bibhu Prasad Routray
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End Game: Fractured and Scarred Tribal Communities
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 19 Oct, 2016 · 5154
For the left-wing extremism problem in India to be resolved, tribal population in the affected areas must be won over by the State. This truism is reflected in public statements of ministers and other politicians as well as official polic ...
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The Dream that the State Sells
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 19 Sep, 2016 · 5130
Given that the state has continued to wrest territories from the control of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), the nature of governance to be unleashed in such areas has remained a subject of speculation. Whether a developm ...
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Development and Maoists
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 17 Aug, 2016 · 5109
The killing of 23-year-old Rakesh Karu Gawde on 30 July 2016 by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was the latest onslaught by the extremists on what they perceive to be a competing and overwhelming development ...
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Maoists Vs Former Maoists: A Peep into Jharkhand's Counter-LWE Policy
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 20 Jul, 2016 · 5086
Given that a force-centric policy, in which the states are inclined to use vigilante groups and former Maoists against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), is largely seen to have taken precedence over the other identified co ...
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The Re-cleansing of Nallamala
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 20 Jun, 2016 · 5064
In the latest of the state's march against the left-wing extremists, the Andhra Pradesh police in June 2016 declared the Nallamala forests 'extremist free'. In a media statement, the state police claimed to have been able to d ...
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Forecast 2016: Shrinking Space for Left-wing Extremism
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 17 Feb, 2016 · 4988
Left-wing extremism (LWE) in India has more or less ceased to be a national problem. Over the past two years, there has been a significant drop in the extremists' ability to orchestrate violence, and consequently, extremism-related de ...
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Anti-Maoist Operations in Chhattisgarh: Successes and Claims of Successes
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 21 Dec, 2015 · 4949
Conforming to the speculations that New Delhi under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government would adopt a hardline approach against left-wing extremism, a two month-long operation is underway in worst affected Chhattisgarh to di ...
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Countering Left Wing Extremism: Failures within Successes
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 21 May, 2015 · 4878
It is a curious cocktail of bravery, success, and also operational paralysis. Like most incidents reported from the theatres affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), the 16 May 2015 incident in Chhattisgarh also has a twist in the tale. In ...
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Return of the Native: CPI-Maoist in Kerala
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 16 Mar, 2015 · 4850
On 7 December 2014, in the first ever incident of its type, personnel of Thunderbolt, the elite paramilitary commando unit of the Kerala Police exchanged fire with a six-member team of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) at t ...
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The Rising Civilian Costs of the State-Vs-Extremists Conflict
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 23 Feb, 2015 · 4841
In 1956, the British authorities fighting the Communist insurgents in Malay granted a lump sum of M$12,000 to a former member of the Min Yuen, the supply organisation of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA). The information provide ...
