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Thursday, May 21, 2026
TopicCPI (ML)

Topic: CPI (ML)

Why Russian, Chinese models can’t revive the Indian Left

The Communist movement relied on Western origins of Marxism and failed to provide a homegrown alternative to the social structure based on Indian philosophical thoughts.

Between idealism & survival: The Left’s long life in Bihar & its electoral pragmatism

Despite criticism, pragmatism makes the Left endure in Bihar as seen in the 2020 poll results & that too at a time when its existence is restricted to small pockets in India.

Bihar MLA Manoj Manzil gets life sentence for 2015 murder, his party CPI(ML) says ‘handiwork of BJP’

New Delhi: Bihar legislator Manoj Manzil was sentenced to life Tuesday in an eight-year-old murder case. Additional District Judge of the Arrah MP-MLA Court, Santeendra Singh...

What Left parties’ decision to not join Bihar alliance means for India’s Dalits, women, MBCs

Top leaders of the Left are English-speaking 'upper' caste elites. And they won't let MLAs become ministers lest they should threaten their elite power.

With Bihar success, CPI(ML) has smartly blended radicalism and pragmatic politics

CPI(ML) Liberation won 12 seats in Bihar despite relentless propaganda through terms such as ‘Naxalites’, ‘terrorist sympathisers’, ‘China-funded Maoists’, 'tukde-tukde gang'.

CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(M), CPI make mark in Bihar elections, take lead in 18 of 29 seats

Left leaders say parties were able to make a significant improvement from the previous elections in Bihar due to issues like the migrant crisis and unemployment 

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.