by Dola Mitra, Outlook India, India - It all began with a murder. On August 23, a group of 30-odd masked gunmen forced themselves into the Jaleshpata Kanyashram, a Hindu ashram and residential school for tribal girls in Kandhamal. Their target: the ashram's 84-year-old head, Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati. Using automatic weapons, they pumped bullets into his body and, before disappearing into the darkness, gunned down four others. Three of them belonged to the ashram.