In 2012, I wrote about the first surrendered Naxal to undergo reverse vasectomy and 'reclaim the right to fatherhood'. Last month, I learnt he still couldn’t bear a child.
Villagers claim two new BSF camps in Kanker district were built on land that had two 'Devasthals' or holy places. Police dispute claim & say Maoists are behind the protest.
Some members of Maoists’ Central Committee are guarded round-the-clock by Central Regional Command. CRPF will target them in Sukma & Bijapur districts.
The course manual is currently being readied. Classes on the course will begin at Dantewada district jail where around 600 Maoists are lodged at present.
Tribal leaders allege there was police brutality ahead of a rally, organised to demand the release of those in jail, on 13 September. They are now threatening to step up their agitation.
According to police, residents of Chikpal, Parcheli and Nahadi villages have accused Maoists of rounding them up and then assaulting them. FIRs have been lodged in all 3 cases.
Police officers say this is a sign Maoists are losing their hold, and security forces and the govt’s programmes are making an impact on Bastar’s villagers.
Maoists have decried the police’s new rehabilitation campaign, Lon Varratu, alleging that those ‘surrendering’ are common villagers. Police says Naxals are misleading people.
The human rights panel has ruled that an FIR lodged in 2016 at Bastar caused the 13 activists, among them Delhi University professor Nandini Sundar, ‘mental harassment’.
If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Communism is evil, and communists are evil incarnate. Maoist leaders must have felt supremely powerful, almost like a creator, in deciding to snatch away fatherhood from so many young men.
Events in history are witness to the fact that at least one generation suffers because of any organised, prolonged violence against the state or between states.
I am seeing the “Naxal” movement since my school days in Kerala, nearly seven decades ago. I am yet to see a concerted movement in the media exhorting the Naxals (late Maoists) to give up violence and join the mainstream. (it was done in Kerala in the 70s)
Tail piece: In the same vein, I am yet to see a public appeal to the “protesting” farmers to resolve the issue through talks. If for decades the media and “experts” continue to make elected Governments the villain in the play, how can suffering be reduced?
Not sure why police are to be blamed if they are only helping in reversing a vasectomy. After all there is a possibility the reversing operation may work. The police haven’t compelled them to undergo the first operation or are in no other way responsible for it. They are only trying to help by enabling the surrendered Maoists to become fathers and lead a normal life. Btw China from where Mao hails followed the same policy on a far bigger scale.
In addition to blaming the maoist leaders, the doctors and the police officers, I am sure a big part of the blame also lies with the individuals themselves for joining the Naxals in the first place. Why is no mention being made of this simple fact?
I am honestly unaware of how this happens. Are they swayed by the revolutionary ideologies so join them? Or are they forced at gunpoint? I tend to think it’s the former..
Communism is evil, and communists are evil incarnate. Maoist leaders must have felt supremely powerful, almost like a creator, in deciding to snatch away fatherhood from so many young men.
Events in history are witness to the fact that at least one generation suffers because of any organised, prolonged violence against the state or between states.
I am seeing the “Naxal” movement since my school days in Kerala, nearly seven decades ago. I am yet to see a concerted movement in the media exhorting the Naxals (late Maoists) to give up violence and join the mainstream. (it was done in Kerala in the 70s)
Tail piece: In the same vein, I am yet to see a public appeal to the “protesting” farmers to resolve the issue through talks. If for decades the media and “experts” continue to make elected Governments the villain in the play, how can suffering be reduced?
Not sure why police are to be blamed if they are only helping in reversing a vasectomy. After all there is a possibility the reversing operation may work. The police haven’t compelled them to undergo the first operation or are in no other way responsible for it. They are only trying to help by enabling the surrendered Maoists to become fathers and lead a normal life. Btw China from where Mao hails followed the same policy on a far bigger scale.
In addition to blaming the maoist leaders, the doctors and the police officers, I am sure a big part of the blame also lies with the individuals themselves for joining the Naxals in the first place. Why is no mention being made of this simple fact?
I am honestly unaware of how this happens. Are they swayed by the revolutionary ideologies so join them? Or are they forced at gunpoint? I tend to think it’s the former..