A couple of links pertaining to the Naxalism issue, the government’s role in it and the impact being created.

Annie Zaidi, of Known Turf, jots down excerpts in her post “Some questions, some stories”
One of the excerpts:

‘My name is Lingaram, from Sameli, Dantewada. I am a driver and my family has a car, in which I can ferry people. We have some land on which we farm. I am not very literate.I was watching TV at home, around September last year. Five motorcycles came, with 10 people, who were holding AK 47s. They took me to Kokunda. They asked me questions such as “where did you get the bike from? How do you go about in style?” My family is fairly comfortably off, but they accused me of being a Naxalite.

The Open Magazine carries an article by Rahul Pandita, “The War Nobody Can Ever Win“, that details out ground realities in the deep forests of Gadchiroli. Horrifying? Yes.