Shiv, I think the insurgency was born due to the class difference in the society. And there is class difference because it serves the purpose of the leaders of these parties. Let me try to explain this in detail. There is a big class difference in our society. They are pretty much like the oppresser and the oppressed. Few people like Prachanda and Baburam saw that difference and used that difference in their benefit. In other words, they used these oppressed population in the society, who are poor and resourceless, to get to their destination. The second part is why there is two classes in our society? It is becasue it serves the ruling parties. If the people are educated and aware of what's going on in the country and what the leaders are doing, they can never do what they did in the last 12 years. Therefore their main goal is to keep majority of the people undereducated. Thus creating two classes. I think this is how Maoism came into our society. Therefore if the parties and the leaders focus on educating the entire country, Maoism will get no place in our society. I don't agree about the statement that India needs to cooperate to quell Maoism. If we need India's cooperation in any way, it is only that India needs to stop supplying hte arms and training for those Maoists. I do agree with you that India is using Maoists as their wild card.