| | The political movement that came
up from among the people of
Lalgarh in November 2008 cried
out for help and support from the
civil and democratic society – for
basic human rights, for a right to
all decisions about what belongs
to them alone: their water,
land and forest. The movement
negotiated with the intransigent
Left Front administration of
West Bengal for months,
without much success. Their
peaceful movement now lies in
tatters, because of the violent
intervention by the Maoists who
have done incalculable harm
to both the objectives as also to
the people of Lalgarh and by the
armed retaliation from the centre
and state governments.
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