OPINION How India’s People Rejected Naxalism

OPINION | When the Gun Fell Silent: How India’s People Rejected Naxalism

OPINION PIECE | The gun did not fall silent on its own, asserts the author. It was, he asserts, 'Silenced by a people who no longer believed in it.'

Mar 26, 2026 05:22 PM

OPINION | When the Gun Fell Silent: How India’s People Rejected Naxalism

When the Gun Fell Silent

When the Gun Fell Silent: How India’s People Rejected Naxalism

For decades, the forests of central and eastern India echoed with the sound of gunfire, fear and uncertainty.

Mar 26, 2026 05:20 PM

When the Gun Fell Silent: How India’s People Rejected Naxalism

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