Love in the time of war: Maoist couples give up arms to set up home and have children

Gadchiroli: From a distance, the one-room brick house with a tin shed looks like an abandoned godown. It isn't.   Three young men sit on a charpoy under the shed, listening to a happy "Goendi" song on a cellphone. One of them, his torso bare, taps his foot to the mysterious rhythm of the Adivasi song under an overcast sky.   They look happy as they munch betel nut and tobacco. A woman, sitting in the front porch, had rushed inside, too shy to face visitors.   The bare-chested man is Sukhdev Vadde, 26, a Gond from a remote south Gadchiroli village. The woman inside is his wife, Nanda, a fair, slim woman from a different tribe, Muria, from Konta in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region. This is their home.   If the sky is pregnant with rain, the ground is an expectant hum. Late last year, Sukhdev and Nanda welcomed a new member into their family - a baby girl, finally getting what they wanted: a settled life with kids.   The two fell for each other i...