India: Trouble in Paradise
The bus ride from Hyderabad to Dantewada, the main town of Chhattisgarh's southern Bastar region, took about 16 hours. As the suburbs fell away, the smooth pavement on the road disappeared as well, but the lush beauty of the countryside that seemed to intensify with each mile made up for it.
When I awoke to a pale morning, I had the sensation of hurtling deeper into vortex of green.