Recent operations in Chhattisgarh, including the massive 21-day campaign at Karregutta Hill, have dealt a crippling blow to Maoist strongholds, with security forces eliminating 31 Maoists, destroying 214 hideouts, and seizing critical supplies. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hailed this as a landmark victory, declaring that the Tricolour now flies proudly where "red terror" once reigned. Is Maoist terror now, finally, coming to an end?