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After Tanka finishes singing, Delip says, ‘When the police attacked the squad my father was so brave.
I notice there is wiring on the walls for electricity and even sockets for light bulbs. Apparently the house was built in the hope that someday power lines would reach this area. But this village, like 90 percent of Nepal, still has no electricity. Surya tells me that people in this village are dependent on farming and grow mainly corn and millet. Most of the peasants have very small plots of land which yield small harvests, so they are only able to grow enough food to feed their families for three or four months.
We set out on foot for a couple of hours of uphill climbing. Some daylight is still hanging around when we stop to rest along the way and some village kids quickly surround us, their faces full of curiosity. We arrive at a village in an area the Maoists have designated to be developed towards becoming what they call a ‘base area’ − where the government is no longer in control and a new revolutionary authority can be established. People here say support for the People’s War is so strong in this area that the police are afraid to enter for fear they will be killed.