Maoists kidnap large number of children and indoctrinate them. They also offer "job" to the poor. The job, of course, is to enlist in the maoist cadre and fight the government. And they are paid rather handsomely. They raise funds in India and in Europe.
mr. sagar , you are right on in your assessments and statements. they align with everything I have learned
and from having been in Nepal on several occasions both before and after the rise of the Maoist threat.
I have always wondered why the newspapers there (many of them) seemed to act as mouthpieces of these Maoists? Many of my Nepalese friends feel the same way , that they should not trumpet every little Maoist edict and bandha call.
I , like you, put the blame for all of this in the way India soft handles it's own Marxist/Maoists and looks the other way
re: the Nepali ones . Probably to avoid inflaming a 5th column insurgency front in the heart of India when they are busy trying to focue on Pak/Kashmir and the ULFA (et-all)
in the East.
It's a mess ! But now that I am hearing sober Nepalese like you speak up , and hearing the reasoning of the RNA spokesmen also , I am beginning to feel that maybe it's not so bad after all. We shall all stay tuned !
ps: Kunda Dixit commenting to the BBC at that link