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...have been waging a guerilla war against the Indian government since their first uprising in the West Bengal village of Naxalbari in 1967. For over three decades a phlegmatic response from central and state security organs did little to prevent the then isolated Naxal insurgency from foraying into underdeveloped forest and jungle regions in central and eastern India where it gained support of impoverished tribal groups and villagers. By 2001, some Naxalites had gained sway over 51 districts, and with the state response mechanism to their movements still weak, that number quadrupled in less than a decade. Naxals now operate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Steps Up Its Fight Against Naxalites | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...state's ability to fight them, it also, says the college's director, gives the institution further insight into how to fight this battle. "I've always told our men that they can't win the war against the Naxals without gaining the trust of the villagers and forest dwellers," says Brigadier Basant Ponwar, who served in the army for 35 years as a counterinsurgency specialist before going to Chhattisgarh in 2005 to set up the college. "Now we see that even right in our own backyard the villagers are our eyes and ears." (Read "India's Secret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Steps Up Its Fight Against Naxalites | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...fundamentally irrational to buy a Prius. If you want to save the environment, you can buy a Honda Civic or another car that's almost as fuel efficient and way cheaper. With the money you save you can buy a chunk of the rain forest or carbon credits. You don't buy a Prius because you want to do all you can to save the environment; you also want other people to see you in the Prius. You've joined an exclusive club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How We Make Decisions | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...Interment costs in the Great Mausoleum of Forest Lawn-Glendale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson's $1 Million Funeral: The Breakdown | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...Endowment care by Forest Lawn-Glendale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson's $1 Million Funeral: The Breakdown | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

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