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Maoists Murder 11 Special Ops Guys in Orissa

Orissa happens to be my home state in this continental nation ... and Orissa happens to be one of those states somewhat affected with this Maoist violence ...

This is still under the radar as it were ... it doesn't matter much if 10 jawans die here or 10 policemen die there ... perhaps, a tool of 200 uniformed folks in an year ... perhaps, 500 ...

India can absorb that. And so the fight continues ...

May be, things will get worse in the future and the Army will be called in ... that's after the paramilitary is called in first, of course ...

This is of course a problem that is completely internal to India ... nobody can point a finger to Pakistan or any other nation.

Ah, I guess, not my problem really, just a headache for the Home Minister of India, which I am not ...

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