G T Sathish

Jan 16, 2025 | thehindu.com | G T Sathish

Seven-year-old Anagha of Byrigadde village studies in class 2 at the Government Primary School, Kundur, about three kilometres from her place deep in the Saragodu Reserve Forest of Mudigere taluk in Chikkamagaluru district. Every day, her father, Narayana, drops her off and picks her up from school. Narayana rides his bike in the uneven forest terrain, keeping his eyes and ears alert for any wild animal’s sudden appearance. A few days ago, Narayana was busy at the brick kiln where he works.

Jan 9, 2025 | thehindu.com | G T Sathish

The Kodachadri peak, which can be reached from Kattinahole village in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district, is 1,343 meters above sea level and attracts hundreds of visitors every year from across Karnataka. During weekends, the nine-kilometre-long rugged mud-and-gravel road to the peak is teeming with 4X4 vehicles carrying tourists, many among them from faraway places such as Bengaluru. “We thought we won’t be able to cross this tough stretch.

Jan 8, 2025 | thehindu.com | G T Sathish

Sheshe Gowda, 65, elder brother of Mundagrau Latha, a Maoist who surrendered on Wednesday to join the mainstream, said he had not seen his sister in the last 15 years. “I am happy that she is coming back. We will take care of her if the government releases her,” he said. “She did not come home regularly when she joined a training in tailoring at Jayapura in Koppa taluk. We heard that she had joined the arms struggle. When I enquired where she had been, she insisted that I should not worry about her.

Jan 8, 2025 | thehindu.com | G T Sathish

“We haven’t seen her for the last 15 years. I am happy, she has come back,” said Sheshe Gowda, 65, elder brother of Mundagaru Lata, a Naxal who returned to the mainstream. Lata joined the Maoist movement 24 years ago. She has studied up to class 5. Later, she joined tailoring training at Jayapura. “During the training programme, she did not come home regularly. We were told that she had joined the armed movement. However, we had no information about this,“ he said. She rarely met her family members.

Dec 5, 2024 | thehindu.com | G T Sathish |Jahnavi T.R |Afshan Yasmeen |Imran Gowhar

For nearly three decades, 60-year-old Raju Gowda, a tribal leader of the Malekudiya community, has been fighting for the improvement of roads in the Naadpal Gram Panchayat limits in Hebri taluk of Udupi district of Karnataka. Only narrow mud roads connect many of the hamlets that dot this Western Ghats region to the mainland.