The last jump of the Greyhounds

Created in 1989 to take on the Maoists in the forests of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the Greyhounds became a specialized counter-insurgency force. More than three decades later, as the insurgency recedes, Abhinay Deshpande revisits the unit’s battles and losses, the legacy of the war that shaped it, and how the Greyhounds are preparing for a future beyond the Maoist conflict.