Once Upon A Time In Bastar........

I still distinctly remember my childhood days when I used to go almost every second week to Dantewada along with my family. I spent three years of my childhood in Bastar and that was one of the most enchanting experiences. So close to nature that you could feel the serenity, dense forest, scenic mountains and the most amazing tribal culture tantrums. It was a hidden paradise which would surprise you every time. Not any more……….

It's been long since I had made an entry to my blog, I didn’t get a topic enough provocative to shed my thoughts on that. But time has come when I should raise my voice for my motherland “Chhattisgarh” and its lost paradise “Bastar”. In what can be termed as one of the most ruthless and gruesome attack on the security personnel, focus has again shifted to the tainted fate of Chhattisgarh and it is again in news for not good reasons.

Even 76 martyrs is not a good reason for the center and state government to stop politicizing the issue. Everyone is washing their hands from taking moral responsibility of this massacre. According to home minister “Buck stops at Chief Minister”, according to Chief Minister laps is from the CRPF team which didn’t know the terrain and hence got into the Naxal trap and CRPF is saying they were not aware of this operation at all.


This year more security force has been compromised to death in Naxal attacks than in fighting terrorist but still government doesn’t have any firm and affirmative steps chalked out to counter Naxals. The biggest enemy is inside and government is busy in bilateral talks with rebel nations, pathetic!

One point that concerns me the most is how the terrorists and Naxals are so well equipped to tackle elite Indian forces? It makes me wonder how can an Azmal Kabas who hails from a poor village where he didn’t had enough to have two times meal is being turned in a span of few months an ace terrorist who killed best in the country. My amazement just gets broadened when I see an Azmal Kasab fighting case and defending himself like he is a professional advocate, he just doesn’t give up. This makes mockery of our system, more than that it’s something which should be taken as learning from the government. At times to tackle your enemy you need to fit yourself in their shoes and that’s the need of the hour.


I have no doubt saying Indian government doesn’t have adequate expertise to handle such intrusion. For the fact condition in which our poor sacrificing soldiers live is pathetic. They don’t even get proper nourishment, no water, no food, no electricity and no communication from outside world and they are expected to deliver. Too much for asking and then on top of that if someone comes and raises questions over the competency of these honest soldiers who are ready to give their lives for their country would that be reasonable? I don’t think that there is requirement of all party consensus for taking a stern and tough action against rebel Naxals but firstly they should train the soldiers to handle the devil they need to face, they also need to be ruthless and sharp and they shouldn’t leave even a single opportunity to siege or neutralize them.


I guess now even the tribal regions and other Naxal sympathetic population is slowly turning anti-naxal with their contrasting behavior, if naxals wanted freedom of tribal’s and equal opportunity for the people they lead then they should have been interested in talks with center but they are now eyeing for taking over the country by 2050. Well I must say it’s quite impressive to see them thinking so big but as far as history goes any such rebel growth was completely wiped out from the nation. Be it the Punjab issue or the naxal problem in 70’s in West Bengal or in 90’s in Andhra Pradesh. One can doubt a big political lobbying behind the naxal movement, it’s almost impossible to get them access on such state of the art technology and artillery they are using against the forces until they are protected from people sitting in plush locality of South Delhi. And they do have motive for doing so, first to unstable the ruling state government and then take over all the state and become the parasite to suck blood. In either way the poor tribal fraternity is going to come under fire. I don’t think the real naxal movement which was for the libration of these unheard tribal voices exists anymore. Now it’s all about getting power by hook or by crook. My heart goes for those innocent lives who are getting lost in the cross fire amidst this power struggle. I know for the fact that no one is fighting this for helping someone but only for their personal gain.