I am very impressed by two things: 

(i) the popularity of the Malkangiri collector Vineel Krishna, and

(ii) the way the Odisha government handled the negotiation after the maoist abduction.

I will elaborate on this at a later point, but for now, please see http://ashok.name/?p=181, http://www.tathya.in/news/story.asp?sno=5030 , and http://www.tathya.in/news/story.asp?sno=5023.