Maoists observe ‘martyrs’ week’ August-September 2022 ‘

Hoisting the Red Flag   (Times of India photo)

 

A local gathering

 

A mass meeting

 

A forest camp for a ‘cooking lesson’, from Nightmarch. Photo: Alpa Shah

 

A health care centre (“34 days with Maoists inside the forest”

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Suvojit Bagchi spent over a month in Maoist hideouts in the forests of south Chhattisgarh.)

 

Police say women fighters keep a watch on their male counterparts

Photo: Alpa Shah

Women have joined male fighters during many rebel attacks

 

Boy, What A Smile: Comrade Kamla, 17, wearing a pistol on her hip. Photo and caption Arundhati Roy (Walking With the Comrades)

 

A cultural troupe – the Chetna Natya Manch forms their propaganda arm. At this Martyrs Day celebration, there is a song warning people against “chugli” (informer), a dance urging villagers to refuse clothes handed out by security forces, and a play depicting a tribal rebellion during the colonial era. (By Al Jazeera)

 

After the police leave, villagers return and resume their activities. As members of the sangham (Maoist local committee), gram raksha dal (village militia), bal sangham (children(***)s squad) and cultural troupes, most villagers have been co-opted into the Maoist organisation, making them a target for security forces. (Al Jazeera)

 

 A conference in a forest, from ‘Nightmarch’. Photograph: Alpa Shah

 

The Martyrs Day ends with a rendition of the Communist Internationale. While the Maoists pulled off this particular celebration successfully, a similar event 80km away was attacked by security forces.  (Photo: Al Jazeera)

 

A study class

 

Indian soldiers carrying deadbody of a woman Maoist fighter

 

 

 

The Naxal Song