I think it was three years ago when my phone rang. On the other end was Smit Pamar. He introduced himself with the words: “Madam, I am now in the position to talk to you. I’ve become Superintendent Police (SP) and I want to build a skatepark in one of the villages in my district. Can you please help?”
Of course I said yes 🙂
On my first visit to Smit’s district I learned a lot. Nuapada is at the Chattisgarh/Odisha border, it is a Naxelite area. I’ve heard before about this ongoing war India is finghting with the Naxals, but so far this was only something I had heard of. I got a couple of books
