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TopicCommunism

Topic: Communism

Communists are shy of daylight. There’s something wrong with their ideology: C Rajagopalachari

On 23 May 1953, C Rajagopalachari delivered a speech at the Malabar District Political Conference in Palghat, examining the rise and fall of communism in India.

With statue of ‘genius’ Karl Marx in Chennai, Stalin looks to nurture Dravidian-Left movement link

Stalin quoted Marx in assembly and recalled how Dravidian leaders had realised the essence of his ideas long ago. Analysts see statue move as likely to help DMK electorally.

‘Marquez is a Malayali’—Kerala loves Cuba & its romantic communism

In ‘Mad About Cuba’, Ullekh NP draws on the connection between Cuba and Kerala. The book is the result of an upbringing in the Marxist stronghold of Kannur and a trip to Cuba in 2023.

Communism’s language is of violence, its thought is violent: Nehru

On 15 August 1958, the AICC’s Economic Review published an article by Jawaharlal Nehru titled 'The Basic Approach', in which he discussed how communism’s approach conflicted with the ideals promoted by Gandhi.

Marxism is a creative science—what CPIM’s Sitaram Yechury said on communism, coalition politics

Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, passed away Thursday. In this 2009 Walk The Talk interview, he talked about idealism, coalition governments and Left's opposition to the nuclear deal.

CPI was first communist party in world to win election. Then came its identity crisis and fall

Within a decade of coming to power in Kerala in 1957, the cracks in the Communist Party were showing. A British 'spy', Nehru, and China made them wider.

Revisioning India’s future? Start with Marxism, without the baggage

For the younger Indians, Marxism is a weird, extremist and extinct ideology of the past. Here's how you can recover what is valuable in Marxist ideology.

Years before Modi, Comrade Jyoti Basu visited Israel and compelled Left to change stance

Not only Jyoti Basu, Jayaprakash Narayan, Rabindranath Tagore and JB Kripalani also saw something special in Israel.

Nehru said there’s no middle road between fascism and communism. Bose thought otherwise

In his writings and speeches, Subhas Chandra Bose was sarcastic about parliamentary system, calling it mid-Victorian democracy.

Dharma, Hinduness, rashtra — a glossary on Hindutva-Hinduism debate & what it means for RSS

New Delhi: Detractors who term ‘Hindutva’ an aggressive and political ideology have again kicked off a debate over ‘Hinduism vs Hindutva’ and ‘soft vs...

On Camera

Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.