Abstract The decades-long Naxalite insurgency has claimed thousands of lives and ravaged large swathes of India. This essay examines the Maoist insurgency’s origins, its spread across India, counterinsurgency initiatives developed in response to its spread, and finally considers its decline and possible fall in the modern day. Genesis: The Naxalbari Uprising In early March of 1967, tribal peasants in the ... Read more The post The Red Corridor: The Anatomy of India’s 59-Year-Old Maoist Insurgenc