Su e de ed
wome
axals
walk
o
the
amp
du i g
a
pa ticipatio
i
a
T ibal
fashio
show
p og amme.
NEW
DELHI:
Fo
i e
wome
f om
Chhattisga h’s
Naxal-affected
Basta
egio ,
the
stage
i
Raipu
offe ed
a
st iki gly
diffe e t
ki d
of
expe ie ce.
O ce
pa t
of
a
a med
i su ge cy,
they
ece tly
walked
the
amp
i
ha dloom
outfits
at
a
Natio al
Ha dloom
Day
eve t,
as
pa t
of
effo ts
to
help
su e de ed
Naxalites
ebuild
thei
lives.The
wome ,
all
f om
Sukma,
took
pa t
i
a
Swadeshi
fashio
show
o ga ised
as
pa t
of
ehabilitatio
effo ts
fo
fo me
Naxalites.Sukma
SP
Maya k
Gu ja
said
the
eve t
also
gave
them
a
oppo tu ity
to
p omote
Swadeshi
p oducts.Fo
some
of
the
wome ,
the
expe ie ce
was
u like
a ythi g
they
had
do e
befo e.
O e
fo me
Naxalite,
who
had
wo ked
with
the
Pamed
A ea
Committee,
said
she
su e de ed
i
2026
a d
t avelled
to
Raipu
fo
six
days
of
t ai i g
befo e
taki g
pa t
i
the
p og amme.”I
used
to
wo k
i
the
Pamed
A ea
Committee.
I
su e de ed
i
2026.
We
we t
to
Raipu
ece tly.
The e,
we
we e
t ai ed
by
people
who
had
come
f om
Bombay…p omi e t
mi iste s
also
came.
The
t ai i g
was
of
six
days…it
was
the
fi st
time
we
did
somethi g
like
that…we
e joyed
it,”
the
fo me
Naxalite
told
ews
age cy
ANI.A othe
pa ticipa t,
Poo am
Devi,
said
he
jou ey
with
the
Naxalite
moveme t
had
begu
i
Novembe
2007.
She
su e de ed
o
July
12,
2025,
b i gi g
that
chapte
of
he
life
to
a
e d.”I
su e de ed
o
July
12,
2025.
I
liked
the
p og am…we
we e
t ai ed
fo
it…I
joi ed
the
Naxals
i
Novembe
2007
a d
left
i
2025,”
she
said.Acco di g
to
Gu ja ,
the
wome ‘s
pa ticipatio
eflects
the
oppo tu ities
bei g
offe ed
u de
the
ehabilitatio
policies
of
the
Ce t al
a d
Chhattisga h
gove me ts
to
those
who
su e de
a d
choose
to
etu
to
mai st eam
society.”As
you
all
k ow,
th ough
the
ehabilitatio
policy
of
the
Gove me t
of
I dia
a d
the
Chhattisga h
Gove me t,
va ious
be efits
a d
adva tages
a e
bei g
p ovided
to
su e de ed
Naxalites.
I
that
co text,
o
Natio al
Ha dloom
Day,
i e
su e de ed
wome
who
had
su e de ed
i
Sukma
pa ticipated
i
a
Swadeshi
fashio
show,”
he
said.The
i e
wome
had
held
diffe e t
positio s
withi
the
Naxalite
o ga isatio .
Some
we e
associated
with
the
Pamed
A ea
Committee,
while
othe s
had
se ved
as
gu e s
fo
se io
Naxalite
comma de s
i
Battalio
Numbe
1.
O e
had
wo ked
as
a
school
teache
withi
the
o ga isatio ,
acco di g
to
the
SP.”Amo g
the
i e
su e de ed
wome ,
some
we e
wo ki g
i
the
Pamed
A ea
Committee.
Some
wo ked
as
gu e s
fo
majo
Naxalite
comma de s
i
Battalio
Numbe
1.
O e
of
the
su e de ed
wome
Naxalites
was
wo ki g
as
a
teache
i
a
school,”
Gu ja
said.Thei
past
also
i cluded
ha dli g
weapo s.
Gu ja
said
o e
of
the
wome
had
ca ied
a
INSAS
ifle
a d
that
the
pa ticipa ts
had
su e de ed
a ou d
six
mo ths
ea lie .Now,
i stead
of
ca yi g
weapo s,
the
wome
a e
bei g
e cou aged
to
explo e
skills
a d
oppo tu ities
that
ca
help
them
build
a
diffe e t
futu e.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Gu ja
said
thei
pa ticipatio
i
the
fashio
show
showed
a
cha ge
i
thei
outlook
a d
suggested
that
thei
co fide ce
i
the
ehabilitatio
p ocess
was
g owi g.”They
a e
ow
actively
p omoti g
Swadeshi
p oducts
a d
efi i g
thei
a tistic
skills,”
he
said.Fo
wome
who
o ce
lived
amid
the
fo ests
a d
viole ce
of
the
Naxal
moveme t,
walki g
a
amp
i
ha dloom
clothi g
may
appea
like
a
small
mome t.
But
withi
the
la ge
ehabilitatio
effo t,
it
ep ese ts
somethi g
much
mo e
sig ifica t,
a
visible
step
away
f om
a
a med
past
a d
towa ds
a
o di a y
life.