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Bastar Dialogues
Six dialogue processes, from Vikalp Sangam and the Shanti Padyatra to the multilingual e-rally.
Open this sectionThe New Peace Process · Central India
नमस्ते, Hello.
Welcome to the official page of the New Peace Process.नई शांति प्रक्रिया के आधिकारिक पेज पर आपका स्वागत है।
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Introduction to the New Peace Process
6Bastar Dialogues documented
60published stories
2018–2021years of work represented
What is the New Peace Process?
01 / Purpose
Central India is the cradle of cultures and traditions that Adivasi communities have tended for generations.
In the 1980s began a long struggle between the newly arrived Maoists and the security forces. As the conflict escalated, people experienced death, displacement and abuse. The victims are on all sides and the list grows every day. An eye for an eye is not the solution. Maoists are not the enemy; violence is.
The New Peace Process is an effort to initiate conversations, document stories of victims and devise new peace-building methods to celebrate and restore peace in Central India. The first step towards resolution is to listen.
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Three ways into the work
Explore the project’s history, testimony and public record as one connected effort rather than as separate campaigns.
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Victims Register
First-person accounts documenting lives shaped by the conflict and the long search for recognition.
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History of the region
Background on Dandakaranya, its Adivasi communities and the forces that produced the conflict.
Open this sectionThe first step to resolution is to listen — and by being here, you have already taken that one step.
Victims Register
Stories from the Victims Register
Kavasi Joga’s father killed after his surrender to the police
By Paarth Pande, 11 th June 2021 Surrendering from the Naxal movement has consequences. So, things for Kavasi Joga weren’t very different when he was given the usual ulti…
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Villagers Displaced by Naxals Await Justice From an Apathetic Government
Joseph Marvin Oliver and Suryansh Deo Srivastava, 11th June 2021 Kastur Singh was born in Useli, a hamlet in the district of Bastar. He would engage in various activities…
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Breaking the Chain of Violence from One Generation to the Next
Joseph Marvin Oliver and Suryansh Deo Srivastava, June 11th 2021 Born in the municipality town of Kirandul in Dantewada, thirty-year-old Nanda (name changed) is father to…
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In the Fight against Maoists, the Police Use and Throw their Informants
Rutvik Chhibber, 11th June 2021 Life was supposed to get better for Sanjay (name has been changed for safety reasons) when he was recruited by the Police to work as an In…
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Aishwarya Bodke and Terrence Manne, June 11th 2021 A surrendered Naxal working for the District Reserve Guard talks about life after a shift in allegiance. "I was pushed…
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Aishwarya Bodke and Terrence Manne, June 11th 2021 Safety is still a concern for the surviving victims of Naxal violence. Constant torment in Lakhapuri, Chhattisgarh had…
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