Rubber revolution in Naxal country

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October 21st 2007

Published: December 9th 2008

Earthmovers rest on either side of the road after upturning vast stretches of soil. In a few years, travellers would stop here by a bridge over what would be the Left Bank Canal of Indira Sagar Hydro-electric project.

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Don Sebastian

Dejavu

When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi. He had never been there before, but he had seen himself coming to this forlorn outpost beneath the immense canopy of trees, with its dozen shops and shacks raised on piles; he had seen it all in recurrent premonitions - the benign age of the trees, their riven bark and roots arched above the earth. (O.V.Vijayan, The Legends of Khasak) Somewhere around Chidambaram, I was startled awake as the bus took a sharp turn. It was a hamlet trapped in time; mud huts, hay piles, dung cakes, old trees, e... full info

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