Fighting the Naxals: India's Enduring War

Community
Tribal children take turns carrying tools near Kadampa village in the district of Datewada. Their skin is tinged with red from attempting to catch fish in the tailings pond of a nearby iron ore mine. Since the Natural Mineral Development Company (NMDC), a state-owned mining enterprise, took over much of the village land, the community became landless, working the fields that used to belong to them.

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