Mainstream WeeklyIt was the late 1990s. Anu, my late wife, had just returned from spending 3 years in Bastar with the armed guerrillas. She would often say it was the best years of her life, though it took a toll on her health, finally leading to her death. Though her arthritic knees gave her much problems and she would regularly stumble over the rough terrain, she was much loved by the simple tribals. Having picked up a spattering of Gondi (she would say it was akin to Tamil), she would talk at length of this tribal youngster who helped her in the area. Though she must have mentioned the name, I now realise it was none other than Hidma.
As in an email post, one Samita (said to be a local leader) mentioned in an article entitled Anuradha Gandy in Hidma