There was a time and place when the Naxalite and Maoist movements in India had both following among the public and a set ideology that allowed their leadership to fight for a well-defined common goal. The 70’s are long gone, the 80’s have melted away and the 90’s ensured that the restless Indian youth could harness the world market with its unrivalled passion and useful skills. Cut out the air and the fire will die out- Cut out the unemployed and frustrated young men and the rebellion with guns and blood did slowly die out. It takes a lot to motivate a content and happy man to take up arms and be prepared to shed his blood. Fortunately for India and unfortunately for the ‘red warriors’, that motivation seems to have died out.

What seems to be both astonishing and amazing till today is how those few still in the forests of Central and North-East seem to be eager to spill blood without exactly defining their path towards the social, political and economic equality they so much crave for. Indeed life is hard for those displaced by modern industries, state border disputes and various other factors that dictated Indian society and its outdated social hierarchy. Yet killing the innocent, kidnapping the common man and taking lives of a few government servants, is barely the path towards a final solution.

It seems that just to satisfy their own ego and to wade away their sense of insecurity the headless few continue on a head hunt that is both lacking in a clear path and purpose. The end to this age old saga now seems farther and one-sided than it ever did in the past…

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