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Jaideep Hardikar

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Jaideep Hardikar

Bastar

Battle for Bastar Part 5: Koraput police armoury raid and its aftermath

In the concluding part of a 5-part series, two surrendered Maoists relive the daring raid that set the stage for…
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Battle for Bastar Part 4: What next for the Maoists?

In the face of mounting odds, what will the Maoists do? Will they vanish into oblivion, or wait for the…
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Battle for Bastar Part 3: Blitzkrieg in the ‘forbidden hills’

Marking a watershed moment in the history of Maoist movement, two major intel-based ops led to the death of chief…
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Battle for Bastar Part 2: How tide was turned with multi-pronged strategy

Tactical approach to ‘clear and hold’ while plugging administrative-developmental vacuum—second of 5-part series explores the strategy to free Bastar of…
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Battle for Bastar Part 1: How Maoist citadel was breached

Bastar comes out of Maoist shadow after 2.5 decades of daily horror; how did it happen, and what next for…
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Jaideep Hardikar

Jaideep Hardikar is a senior journalist and PARI Roving Reporter, based in Nagpur. He is author of Ramrao: The story of India’s farm crisis.

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Stories from the Field

A curated gallery of books authored by Jaideep Hardikar, with covers, concise blurbs, critical reviews, and purchase links.

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