FRONTLINE-LAWLESS IN BASTAR ENGLISH
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TextPublication details: INDIA THE HINDUSDescription: THIN,PAPER BCKDDC classification: - 29 APRIL 2016 050 824
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eps-library New Materials Shelf | Non-fiction | 050 824 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | WORLD AFFAIRS U.N.REPORT Global gaze on caste MUSIC T.M. KRISHNA Breaking barriers in music ECONOMY PANAMA PAPERS A global nexus SECTIONS UNMEDIATED Crime as punishment A still from the Tamil film, A book on torture in custody penned by a victim and a film in Tamil on the subject bring out, perhaps for the first time in India, the stark reality of the vicious side of law enforcement. COVER STORY War on Bastar CRPF personnel at Chintalnar village in Sukma district. The area is only a few kilometres from the site of the Maoist ambush in which 76 security personnel were killed in 2010. The Chhattisgarh government’s all-out attack on the poor tribal residents of the mineral-rich region and all sources of support for them, in the guise of combating the Maoists, actually has the twin objectives of crushing opposition to corporate-led mining and pushing the Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva agenda. By DIVYA TRIVEDI and VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN Related: ‘We are working to reduce isolation of Bastar’ Related: Deadly strike GROUND REPORT Targeting women Some of the residents of Chintagufa village. Residents of this and other villages in the area complain that they are held accountable for incidents involving naxal violence even when the police have no evidence against them. The southern districts of Chhattisgarh are in a war zone where the state apparently uses brutal sexual assault of Adivasi women as a deliberate intimidation strategy. By DIVYA TRIVEDI in Nendra, Bijapur MILITIAS Police state The people of Chintagufa, the most troubled village in Bastar range. They accuse CRPF men from the nearby camp of atrocities. The security forces say the villagers are Maoist supporters and that there have been instances of firing at the camp from the village. Loosely formed vigilante groups are terrorising anyone speaking out against police atrocities in Bastar, with the ulterior motive of forcing people to part with their lands and migrate to other areas. By PAVAN DAHAT ESSAY Nationalism vs Hindutva Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe performing puja during Ganga aarti in Varanasi in December 2015. Shah said in February that Modi's Ganga aarti fed the hopes of many that he would protect The ideologues of the ruling dispensation believe not in Indian nationalism but in Hindu nationalism, or Hindutva, which is the earliest version of the two-nation theory. By A.G. NOORANI Related: Genesis of Bharat Mata UNMEDIATED Crime as punishment A still from the Tamil film, A book on torture in custody penned by a victim and a film in Tamil on the subject bring out, perhaps for the first time in India, the stark reality of the vicious side of law enforcement. 12345 Cover Story No news is bad news Journalists protesting at the spot where Sai Reddy was killed in Basaguda in Chhattisgarh, in December 2013. As the conflict between the state and the Maoists escalates, journalists get caught in the crossfire and truth becomes a casualty. By DIVYA TRIVEDI Persecuted minority Battle for minerals ‘We are working to reduce isolation of Bastar’ ‘Our troubles are endless’ More Cover Story » ESSAY Nationalism vs Hindutva 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe performing puja during Ganga aarti in Varanasi in December 2015. Shah said in February that Modi's Ganga aarti fed the hopes of many that he would protect The ideologues of the ruling dispensation believe not in Indian nationalism but in Hindu nationalism, or Hindutva, which is the earliest version of the two-nation theory. By A.G. NOORANI Related: Genesis of Bharat Mata ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: TAMIL NADU Battle lines Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (second, right) addressing the media with DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin after completing a seat-sharing agreement in Chennai on April 4. State Congress president E.V.K.S. Elangovan and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi are also seen. The election scene hots up in Tamil Nadu, with the AIADMK announcing its candidates for 227 of the 234 seats and the DMK springing a surprise by making the Congress its alliance partner. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: WEST BENGAL Mixed prospects CPI(M) leaders Asok Bhattacharya and Jibesh Sarkar campaigning in Siliguri. While the Trinamool Congress looks unstoppable in Jangalmahal, its fate seems uncertain in north Bengal. In the next phase of polling a lot will depend on the BJP’s performance. By SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY ECONOMIC OFFENCES Truant at large Vijay Mallya at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida in October 2012. Vijay Mallya, the delinquent borrower on the run from several agencies of the government, now wants to strike a deal, but the banks remain wary. By V. SRIDHAR LEGAL ISSUES Courting controversy U. Sagayam. The Madras High Court suspends a magistrate who acquitted two granite scam accused and sought to prosecute a Collector. By ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN AWARDS Maths prize for Wiles Sir Andrew Wiles, outside the building of the Mathematical Institute that has been named in his honour. Sir Andrew Wiles has been awarded the 2016 Abel Prize for “his stunning proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem”, a mathematical problem that remained unsolved for three and a half centuries. By R. RAMACHANDRAN PANAMA PAPERS The Panama connection A marquee of the Arango Orillac Building lists the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama City. Panama's president says his government will cooperate “vigorously” with any judicial investigation arising from the leak of a vast trove of information on the offshore financial dealings of the world's rich and famous. The Panama Papers expose, the biggest leak ever of a database, made possible by a unique journalistic venture, rocks governments, shines a light on politicians and the super rich and exposes their secretive connections with tax havens across the world. By V. SRIDHAR PAKISTAN Terror in Lahore At the site of the bomb blast in Lahore on March 27. Despite stringent emergency laws, Tehreek-e-Taliban militants launch a big terror attack in Pakistan, killing 70 people on Easter Sunday. By JOHN CHERIAN U.N.REPORT Global gaze on caste 2 The suicide of the Dalit researcher Rohith Vemula has put caste oppression in the centre of the political debate in India. Here, students of Hyderabad University in a demonstration over Rohith's death on the campus on January 19. The Indian government resists any international scrutiny of the caste system, including a recent U.N. report that condemns caste hierarchy. But no amount of sophistry can wish away the possibility of anarchic violence if the government continues to downplay the problem. By VIJAY PRASHAD T.M. KRISHNA Reshaping the contours of Carnatic music 6 T.M. Krishna. Interview with the Carnatic music exponent T.M. Krishna. By R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: KERALA Old rivals and a new front In Palakkad on April 5, a CPI(M) worker wears a poster of V.S. Achuthanandan and tries to speak on his mobile phone attempts a conversation using mobile phone. In Kerala, the UDF, overcoming the infighting in the Congress, and the LDF are ready with their lists of candidates to resume their age-old electoral rivalry, but much depends on the performance of the BJP-led third front. By R. KRISHNAKUMAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: ASSAM Vigorous voting More than 80 per cent of voters turned out to exercise their franchise in the first phase of polling in Assam on April 4. Here, at a polling booth in Silchar. Assam records a high voter turnout in the first phase of polling as the Congress fights the anti-incumbency factor. By PRABIR KUMAR TALUKDAR CONTROVERSY Caught in a trap Students staging an agitation outside the University of Hyderabad on April 6. The sudden return of HCU Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile from long leave sparking violence and arrests on the campus shifts public attention away from the debate on discrimination in universities that followed Rohith Vemula’s suicide in January. By KUNAL SHANKAR INTERVIEW: APPA RAO PODILE, VC, HCU ‘Complaint won’t stand legal scrutiny’ Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile (in red shirt) coming out of the human rights commission office in Hyderabad, along with Registrar M. Sudhakar, after he deposed before it on March 28. Interview with Appa Rao Podile, Vice Chancellor, Hyderabad Central University. By KUNAL SHANKAR ARCHAEOLOGY Doorway to Jaina history The sculpture of a seated Rishabhanatha, the first Jaina tirthankara, in a basadi (Jaina temple) found on the eastern end of the Kanakagiri hillock. At Artipura in Karnataka the ASI unearths a Jaina centre that flourished during the time of the Gangas and the Hoysalas. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN Related: Bahubali of Artipura NATIONAL AWARDS Starry affair 2 A still from Regional and alternative cinema get short shrift at the National Awards, with the jury deciding to celebrate mass entertainers and fete only those films that ask no uneasy questions. By ZIYA US SALAM Related: Honour for a melody queen SON OF SAUL Grandchildren of the Holocaust Matyas Erdely (left), the cameraman of Son of Saul, the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film, is one of the most unique films on the theme of the Holocaust. By MARGIT KOVES MYANMAR Troubled transition Myanmar National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is welcomed by the new President, Htin Kyaw, at a dinner reception following the swearing-in ceremony on March 30. Myanmar is celebrating its first civilian government in over half a century, but internal tensions persist between the various centres of power in the country. By JOHN CHERIAN | M0824 |
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