PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE
The village of Gairigaon is strewn with flags and banners to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the Maoist revolt. At right are kerchief-clad members of the rebel's Cultural Program troupe, assigned the task of spreading ideology and propaganda from village to village by performing songs and skits carrying the revolutionary message


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