Red Affairs by Bibhu Prasad Routray
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On Screen Portrayals of Left-Wing Extremism: ‘Bastar, the Naxal Story’ as Example
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 29 Mar, 2024 · 5872
Filmmakers adapting non-fiction work—especially those on conflict and terrorism—often struggle to stick to the original story. Filmmaking admittedly allows for the dramatisation of factual nuances given the need to tell a long story in ...
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Militancy in J&K: An Annual Review
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 26 Jan, 2024 · 5867
On 15 January 2024, the Indian army chief said that militancy in
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) was under control. Before that, the home minister
indicated that the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre had been succes ...
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The Permanence of Chaos in Kashmir
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 30 Sep, 2023 · 5860
Official claims about the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), especially since the August 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, portray a vastly improved scenario. The Minister of State for Home ...
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Breaking Down ‘Statelessness’ in Manipur
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 04 Jul, 2023 · 5854
A dangerous and
unimaginable situation has gripped Manipur since May 2023, with armed mobs
defying security forces by trying to kill people, and setting fire to civilian
and commercial properties, religious institutions, and politiciansâ ...
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Chhattisgarh’s Maoist Challenge: Is Over-reliance on ‘Local’ Forces a Mistake?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 09 May, 2023 · 5848
The explosion
of an improvised explosive device (IED), possibly weighing 50 kg—which killed
10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and a civilian driver—in
Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on 28 April brings back national atten ...
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The CPI-Maoist and the Inevitability of its Violent End
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 31 May, 2022 · 5818
Since the formation of the Communist Party of
India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in 2004, the two decade-long war on left-wing
extremism (LWE) by various Indian states has been marked by sporadic calls for
peace talks. The latest was Chief Minist ...
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Online Maoist Propaganda: How India Should Respond
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 30 Apr, 2022 · 5815
Extremist organisations have long tended to
use the Internet to emphasise their strengths and gloss over their weaknesses. It
is thus not surprising that there is no fixed pattern to the intensity of
extremist propaganda. This is true bo ...
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Why is the CPI-Maoist Most Violent in Jharkhand?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 31 Jan, 2022 · 5805
Current assessments indicate that the Communist
Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) is a poor caricature of its former self and mostly
operating on survival mode. How is the group adjusting to this reality? Is it making
efforts to revive ...
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Left-Wing Extremism in India: Lessons from Gadchiroli
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 26 Nov, 2021 · 5794
Counter-insurgency literature puts the limit on
the effective functionality of an insurgent group to about a decade. Globally, the optimum possibility of an
insurgency achieving its desired result has been within the first decade of its
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Left-wing Extremism: A Tentative Pathway to a Solution
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 06 Oct, 2021 · 5789
“I request all Hon'ble Chief Ministers
to focus on what we term as good governance. The Hon'ble Home Minister has also
laid emphasis on this aspect of the management and containment strategy. This
would include effective implementation ...
