27-05-2025
Now, free the ‘Aam' Maoist
Shubhranshu is a former journalist with BBC. From last 15 years he is working on an experiment to create a model of democratic media in media dark zones in the forests of Central India. He has written a book called Let's call him Vasu: With Maoists in Chhattisgarh. He is recipient of Google Digital Activism award and was named one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. LESS ... MORE
Nambala Keshava Rao (Basavaraj) was defeatedat his own game and drowned the party with him. To go back a little, on April 26, 2010, then key leader Ramanna had called me after the attack that killed 76 cops. Triumphant, he shared the list of weapons snatched from security forces. I wasn't interested, more worried about my phone being tapped, and disconnected hurriedly. But at the moment I realised the call signalled a shift in the party – from 'mass line to military line'. Read full story on TOI+
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