Life in a Conflict Zone Growing Up Amidst Naxalism and Its Impact on Education

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time doesn't wait. So, so that was kind of pinching in my heart and what what was the uh what was that about the natural light affected areas in India? This is something which is uh really uh interested to look into that what part of area it was like you know I'll pick up I'll pull out the map of India. Wait uh I'll share my screen.

Sure. I think you can see my screen now, right? Hello. Uh, not yet. One second. Yeah. Yes. Yes. So if we see which area of India this was like so you zoom into Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh you go to southern tip of Chhattisgarh the tip of Chhattisgarh state you type Badila or Bacheli B A C H E L I B A C H E L I It's It's a beautiful uh place.

So my dad used to work with NMDC with some mining piece. This area the southern tip of that area that's the entire state. Okay. Okay. That's the entire Chhattisgarh state. The southern part around the around this part like the where you can you can see my mouse.

Yeah. It comes in news also. So it's a very highly accelite affected place. What they exactly wanted from there? What is happening there? Sorry. What they exactly wanted from there? What is happening there exactly?

I I mean have you ever came into contact with any of these people? See I was born in 19 so from 1991 to 2009 I was in that place. Mhm. Okay. Now from 2007 and 20 from 2006 or 2007. Mhm. Before 2006 2007 it I was I remember in ninth and 10th standard everything was fine. It was a beautiful hilly region small town. Mhm. Living safely in quarters of NMDC.

Everything was good. Good childhood. Amazing childhood. Mhm. After 10th Mhm. suddenly the maxism activity became very hyper there. Mhm. I was not focusing on exactly what were the political dynamics etc because I was more focusing on preparing for my entrance exams for my engineering entrance exams AI E. Mhm. And J I was more focusing on that the effect the side effect was because of this activism we rarely got teachers in schools. Mhm.

Mhm. So because of which I was very much self-dependent.