Sheena Roy passionately argues for a separate Talangana state, taking great pains to distance herself from the Naxals that she claims the opposition has been smearing her movement as a part of: The Seema Andhra leaders today are trying to term Telangana people as naxalites, trying to create a fear in the Center and suppress [...]
“It is a question of law and order. You (state government) cannot give arms to somebody (a civilian) and allow him to kill.” – Supreme Court’s Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan. A key component of nation-state legitimacy is a monopoly on violence. Chhattisgarh’s Salwa Judum militia is a response to an inability of its state [...]
Fear Vikas, Green Tigers, Nalladandu, Red Tigers, Tirumala Tigers, Palnadu Tigers, Kakatiya Cobras, Narsa Cobras, Nallamalla Nallatrachu (Cobras) and Kranthi Sena are some of the gangs. The gangs have fiery logos featuring cobras, tigers and guns. Hyderabad based journalist Sudhakar Reddy Udumula outlines the rapid growth of very granular private armies in the troubled area [...]