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India's Civil Wars

Mira Kamdar | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

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Mira Kamdar

The Maoists have flourished in areas where the government of India has virtually abandoned the rural poor. These populations are completely cut off from the economically vibrant, rapidly growing India.

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Indian Maoist Rebels Kill 27 Police Officers In Ambush

New York Times | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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More than two dozen police officers and a rural police chief were killed in two attacks by Maoist guerrillas on Sunday in Raj Nandgaon, a district in ...

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Red Fort Crumbles

Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: India, CPI (M), Paramilitary Forces, Maoists, Lalgarh, World News
Pinaki Bhattacharya

The Indian Maoists had the good sense not to stand and confront the might of the State, thus avoiding loss of lives, which could only be described as a wanton waste.

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Fighting Between Indian Troops, Maoists Intensifies (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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Today India declared the small rebel group of Maoists as terrorists, banning the group under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Times of In...

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Maoists Used By Tamil Tigers In India Attacks

The Times of India | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Key Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Umer Madani reportedly motivated and recruited Maoist fighters from Jharkhand and Bihar. ...

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India Cracks Down On Maoist Insurgents

Voice Of America | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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A battle has begun in a remote and heavily forested area in the Indian state of West Bengal. Government troops have been sent there after Maoist rebel...

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Why India Cannot Be Run as a Corporation

Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: Bjp, India, Congress Party, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Politics, Rahul Gandhi, Maoists, World News
Pinaki Bhattacharya

The disparate voices that constitute the vast mosaic of Indian polity provide necessary dynamism to a situation that can often seem impossible to an outsider.

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