Red Shadow over Assam

I haven’t been to Kashmir yet. When I was a child, the ‘Paradise on Earth’ was converted in newsprint to ‘Hotbed of Militancy’. Its mythical beauty came to me only through movies, and old

Title: Our Moon has Blood Clots Author: Rahul Pandita Publisher: Random House India Pages: 258 Price: Rs.499 Only one who has undergone pain and witnessed it first hand could have written this moving account of how the Kashmir Valley forced the ...

The Maoist plan of revival in an erstwhile bastion now looks bleak 25 April 2013 BY: Rahul Pandita

The farce of Police Gallantry Award nominations 30 March 2013 BY: Rahul Pandita

Irom Sharmila’s quest for an ordinary life 16 March 2013 BY: Rahul Pandita

Victimised for their faith, Hindu refugees from across the border say they do not want to return 27 April 2013 BY: Rahul Pandita

Taj Hassan’s largely unnoticed novel recreates the complexities of life in Maoist-strong zones 2 March 2013 BY: Rahul Pandita

On the afternoon of 1st April, a pleasant breeze swirled across Jammu city and since I was in the Jammu university campus which is full of mediocre elevated trees, the effect felt just a bit more soothing. I was there in order to attend the book ...

Courtesy of Rahul Pandita A police poster with photos of wanted Maoist leaders outside Birpur, Andhra Pradesh, the native place of Maoist leader Ganapathi, April 2010. On April 16, Maoist rebels, operating in the dense forests of central and eastern ...