Stories of India’s economic growth, affluent middle class appear daily. Western world looks at India, as a shining nation on the rise. Stories of economic growth dot our consciousness. But in the underbelly of the world’s largest democracy, far away from the glitz of the big cities, a war is brewing.
In the name of development, thousands of tribals are being displaced. The state needs control over their land and the natural resources. But the tribals and villagers who have seen neither development nor compensation for this displacement, have decided to protest. They will not give up their forests, their rivers and their homes.
CHAKRAVYUH focuses on the Naxalite movement, besides focusing on the plight of tribals caught between the Naxals on one hand and police-politicians on the other. It raises the burning issue of development against displacement of the tribals.
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