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| Narratives beyond borders: The global ecosystem sustaining naxal ideology | | | | Dr Kanchan Laxaman
India’s declaration of achieving its #NaxalMuktBharat objective by March 31, 2026 marks a decisive milestone in internal security. This outcome is the result of a calibrated strategy integrating infrastructure expansion in Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected regions, rehabilitation frameworks for surrendered cadres and targeted security operations. However, even as the physical ecosystem of Maoist insurgency has weakened, a parallel ideological infrastructure—largely transnational—is actively attempting to preserve and revive the movement through narrative construction.
Analysis of the activities of Global left ecosystem indicates the presence of a dispersed but coordi | |
| | | | Unending Thirst: A detailed look at Jagti Colony’s water crisis | | | | Sri Krishen Kaw
Jagti Migrant Township, Nagrota — home to over 3,000 displaced Kashmiri Pandit families since 2011 — has been battling a chronic water crisis that residents say has persisted “since the day we shifted here.” What began as an infrastructure gap has now become a 13-year cycle of disruptions, contamination, and official apathy, leaving inhabitants aghast and fighting for a basic human right.
The Scale of the Crisis: Not Days, But Decades:
Frequency of disruption. Supply is cut for weeks at a time. In Sept 2024, water was stopped for 23-25 days after rains damaged the system. As of May 2026, the township went 12 days without a single drop in taps.
Monsoon paralysis:
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| | | | Childhood, the World of Imagination in Books | | | | Dr. Vijay Garg
Childhood is that pleasant period of human life where new light, a new color and a new flight are hidden in everything.At this age the child’s thinking is as soft as dirt which takes on the form it has been woven into.The stories heard during childhood, books read and dreams seen affect the thoughts, wishes and ironies of a man’s whole life.Books are not just paper cleaners, they are windows to open up the mind of a child.Through these the child enters a new world—a world where imagination knows no bounds.
Today’s child is surrounded by mobile, television and digital screens.Animation, short videos and instant entertainment have made a big place in his world.But the imp | |
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