Prominent Leftist intellectual and civil society activist Shyam Shrestha comments on the visit by Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai to India. He also explains the ideological debate within the Maoists and reasons for the discord between them.

Awanish Kumar questions the murder of NREGA activist Niyamat Ansari

 History is repeating itself in West Bengal, with Maoists, the Trinamool and the Congress doing what they had done in the late 60's and early 70's. And it will not be history repeating itself, first time as a tragedy, the second time as a farce. This time around, it will be a much bigger tragedy.

In this feature newsclick analyzes the wisdom of the Indian Govt's response to the maoist threat.

The Nepali Maoists' reiteration to focus on Constitution writing is a significant boost to the process. 

An article on the state of the Indian Maoists and the State's actions to address the"Maoist challenge"

The Indian Maoists have been described as the greatest security threat to the nation by the Indian government and although there is a great degree of exaggeration involved in the statement, it is also a fact that the Indian Maoists have reached a position of significance that they did not enjoy just a few years ago.Consequent to these descriptions, the Indian government has suggested through feelers that it contemplates a military solution to the "Maoist problem", one that involves special task paramilitary forces that would take on the Maoist Peoples' Liberation Army to frontal combat.