607 Dead in Bastar, a Banned Film, and Why Your LPG Price Just Moved

By Asad Ashraf

July 16, 2026

This week on The India Report: a new PUDR report counts 607 dead across 27 months of Operation Kagaar in Bastar, most of it outside the Supreme Court's own rules for encounter killings, and a peace offer the government turned down. Then, the BJP spent 30 years using Jaswant Singh Khalra's murder as a weapon against Congress, until a film about him actually got made, streamed for two days, and vanished. And finally, how a ceasefire collapsing 4,000 km away near the Strait of Hormuz already shows up in the Sensex, the rupee, and your cooking gas cylinder.Three stories, one thread: what a state decides to count, remember, and price in, and what it doesn't.

Every week, The India Report delves into three major stories in depth, moving beyond the headlines to uncover their broader significance. Using a social science lens, the show explains not only what happened but also why it happened, what it reveals about society, and the broader patterns shaping contemporary India.