Dudiya: In Your Burning Land (P.B)

Civil servant Dilip Pawar is posted as an Election Observer in the Naxal-infested districts of Chhattisgarh. What happens in the next seventy-six days of his posting, until the general election results are announced, changes his outlook on life forever. He experiences firsthand the Naxal menace, which is a burning reality in Chhattisgarh today. There, he meets Dudiya, a spirited young Adivasi girl whose destiny is caught between the two blades of a pair of scissors: the state administration on one hand and the Naxals on the other. Having no way out, she joins the Naxals as a young girl and trains with them in the remote and inaccessible Abujmarh mountains. However, she ends up feeling disillusioned and trapped, and surrenders to the police. But now she is a refugee branded as a traitor by the Naxals, who are gunning for her life. This fast-paced novel, featuring thrilling encounters, ambushes, and races against time, highlights the burning issue of Naxalism plaguing Chhattisgarh and other Naxal-infested states in India. The poverty-stricken tribals caught in this vicious circle of Naxal and state violence and vendetta have no choice but to live under the shadow of guns blazing from both sides.