Fearing imminent arrest and likely reprisals from the CRPF -- 25 of whose jawans were gunned down by the Maoists inside a jungle just 200 to 300 metres away from their homes on the afternoon of April 24 -- young Adivasi men and women in Burkapal abandoned their homes and fled into the jungle.

'I am here to look after people's needs.' 'I am not bothered about who is a Maoist or who is not.'

The Maoist who has emerged as the major threat to the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.

CRPF troopers confront loneliness, poor network connectivity, poor work conditions, dismal work-life balance, and immense psychological stress.

Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com travelled 650 km in Chhattisgarh's Sukma and Bijapur districts to report on the situation that exists 11 days after the Burkapal ambush, where 25 CRPF troops were killed by the Maoists.

The malnourished children whose condition has attracted the attention of India's apex court.

Just two doctors attend to almost 300 patients at a hospital in Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor every day.

In villages in Palghar district -- in Mumbai's backyard -- more than 254 children have died from malnutrition.

Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh report from Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor, visiting an anganwadi, which is often the first line of defence in tackling malnutrition.

Peasants from Maharashtra's drought-affected Beed district feel the government machinery and politicians are indifferent to their plight.

Drought or no drought... life goes in the water-starved Beed district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region

'What will we drink if we start fearing these wells?'

Yogita Ashok Desai, 12, died of 'cardio pulmonary arrest', after she collapsed on her way home after fetching water.

Kanhaiya Kumar is India's latest political rockstar. More so in Mumbai, where his address this evening gave Mumbaikars a glimpse of the heydays of the Communist movement in the city of textiles mills and mill workers.