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Pandita is the author of three best-selling and critically-acclaimed books: "Our Moon has Blood Clots: A memoir of a lost home in Kashmir" (Penguin Random House, 2013); "Hello, Bastar: The untold story of India's Maoist movement" (Westland, 2011), and "The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur: How the Pulwama case was cracked (Juggernaut, 2021).
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]
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."
He is also known as Hidmalu alias Santosh and is the face of Maoist in Bastar. After completion of education up to class 10, he joined the Party and became a master strategist of military operation and guerrilla warfare. [4] [5] Hidma was arrested in 2016 along with six other alleged naxals, at the time he was considered a low-level participant ...
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.
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 ...
The unit is tasked with curbing Naxalist activities in Chhattisgarh state. [2] The battalion is named "Bastariya" because the force is composed of locals — both male and female — from Dantewada , Bijapur , Sukma , and Narayanpur — some of the most Maoist -affected districts in Bastar Division , Chhattisgarh.
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....