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The Bastar Fighter Force is a specialized police unit established in 2022 by the Government of Chhattisgarh in India. [1] It was created to combat Maoist insurgency and left-wing extremism in the Bastar division, which has been significantly affected by Naxalite violence. It comprises approximately 2,100 personnel, as of March 2024. [2]
His vast experience in reporting on India's Maoist insurgency has resulted in two books: Hello, Bastar: The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement and The Absent State. Pandita is the author of the best-selling memoir on Kashmir, Our Moon Has Blood Clots , covering the ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus , which was described as the "most ...
Bastar: The Naxal Story wasn't well-received by critics. [17] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of 7 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. [18] Abhishek Srivastava of The Times of India rated 3/5 and wrote "Bastar is a hard-hitting crime drama, with moments that surely shake you."
The book covers her time in 2010 spent living with Naxalite communist guerillas deep within the forests of rural Chhattisgarh. [1] She argues that India's counter-insurgency, known as Operation Green Hunt , is a front for mining corporations to clear away tribal people, and to make profits exploit India's natural resources.
that “they” should manage our rights, the way we hire a professional to do our taxes; “they” should run the government, create policy, worry about whether democracy is up and running.
He represented the Dantewada constituency. The congress again lost the 2008 assembly elections when BJP swept 10 out of the 11 seats in Bastar. [9] He had secured 158,520 votes (35.19%). In the region, he was known as "Bastar Tiger"-for making a tough stand against the regional Maoist insurgency. [7] [10] [11]
The Maoists had structured "medical units" in the villages of Bastar, [67] and the CPI (Maoist) operates "mobile medical units." [53]: 101 Rahul Pandita writes: "In the field of health as well, the Maoists often fill in large gaps left by the state. Their mobile medical units cover large distances to offer primary health care to tribals....
Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain is a 2016 book written by J. Moufawad-Paul. The book provides a philosophical analysis of the theoretical foundation of Maoism, the Marxist school of thought developed by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong. Moufawad-Paul argues that the political ideology of Maoism, despite being formulated ...