It was over five decades back in 1972 that hundreds of dacoits, or baagis as they are called locally, voluntarily surrendered in Chambal valley of central India as part of a wider and inspirational social initiative for significant, beneficial, and durable social change achieved by non-violence.
The ideologies of JP and Lohia were removed from the syllabus of the varsity's postgraduate course in political science.
When it is time to look back at the 50-year journey of Girija and Satish, one realises that like in the case of many idealist youths it may not have entirely followed the original path but it has remained close to it, in the process bringing much-needed relief and development benefits to several hundred thousand people, the overwhelming majority of whom are from highly vulnerable sections.
