An equally, if not more, successful model, however, seems to have come from the unlikely quarters of predominantly rural Chhattisgarh. That the financially backward state with its largely tribal population, inaccessible terrain and a legacy of Left-Wing Extremism has managed to not just flatten the Coronavirus curve but is now on its way to defeat the pandemic, is nothing short of a miracle. When the virus began spreading across India in the latter part of March, governments and medical experts across the country had been wary of the risk of community transmission pushing the pandemic to an unmanageable level. For Chhattisgarh, with its large tribal and rural population and the tradition of commune habitation, the immediate challenge was to ensure that the risk of community transmission is nipped in the bud. And, the past three weeks seem to suggest that the state government, under Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, succeeded remarkably on this front.