It was afternoon and villagers had already returned from their paddy fields. Two old ladies and a middle-aged man were drinking taadi under the shade of a Mahua tree in Kistaram village of Sukma district, Chhattisgarh. The district is located in the Bastar region. “Where is Bhima?” asked the education official, as we entered the thatched hut of Bhima Vetti, an Adivasi youth and a teacher at the government primary school in his village. The elders of the house greeted the education official, but seemed to be irritated by his question. They stared at us with blank eyes.