India’s Red Corridor – Poulomi Basu’s visually gritty Centralia

In Centralia, the writer and photographer Poulomi Basu gives us a panorama of Chhattisgarh, a little-known area of central India, through photographs, poetry, biographical portraits and snatches of dialogue. Chhattisgarh is one of the states that make up what is known as the Red Corridor, a region running up the east of India in which Maoist insurgents known as Naxalites are in conflict with the Indian government. Basu spent eight years reporting on poverty, violence, corruption, big business and political unrest there. […]

Along the Red Corridor – Centralia by Poulomi Basu