Attack On The Village Of Badepalli
by Javed Iqbal
This article is based on witness accounts and interviews with villagers
Around the 25th or the 26th of April 2009, the village of Badepalli in Kuokonda Block of South Bastar in Chhattisgarh, was attacked by a joint force of the CRPF, BSF and the SPOs. At that moment, hearing gunfire, around 215 villagers [...]
GIVE BINAYAK SEN BAIL! OR ELSE GIVE US JAIL!
Statement issued on 4th May 2009, Raipur by Ms. Medha Patkar and other social activists on the occasion of the 8th week of the Satyagrah for the release of Dr. Binayak Sen
Satyagrah by Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan, Narmada Bachao Andolan, and National Alliance of People’s Movements
The incarceration of Dr. Binayak Sen for the [...]
Anatomy Of An Encounter in South Bastar
Javed Iqbal
On the 12th of April 2009, a 30-minute encounter took place between the villages of Kutrem and Hiroli, between the police and the Naxalites, where three ‘Naxalites’ were shot dead. The police recovered an AK47 and an unexploded grenade. The police took no casualties.
That’s of course, the official police version. [...]
Aryan missionaries converting Bastar’s adivasis
Aarti Dhar
Jagdalpur, The Hindu
BJP is reaping the rewards of the silent work done over decades by RSS organisations
For people who worshipped nature and knew only one God (Buddhadev) the new deities are now Shiva, Durga and Hanuman. Chanting of the Gayatri mantra, Hanuman Chalisa and Vande Mataram appears to come naturally to them; and [...]
An appeal for peace in South Bastar: Ilina Sen
The Hindu
Opinion – News Analysis
Ilina Sen
Dr. Ilina Sen presents certain proposals made by Dr. Binayak Sen, medical practitioner and leading member of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Chhattisgarh. She has written this based on discussions with him during recent visits to the Raipur Jail where he is since May 14, 2007.
The present situation [...]
