Marxism in India: From Decline To Debacle

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Marxism in India deals with the evolution, growth, struggle for survival, and reasons for failure of this ideology in India. Kiran Maitra analyses the challenges that have beleaguered marxism in our country in the last eight decades – flawed advise from abroad, challenges from within the country, and the incapacity of the marxists themselves. Given the contemporary political scenario in the country it is struggling for mere survival through means and methods, often in total disregard of the tenets of marxism. About the author Kiran Maitra retired as Director, Special Projects, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). A well-known historian, he was closely involved in India’s freedom movement in West Bengal. His in-depth knowledge of the communist movement in India stems from his personal involvement with the affairs of the Communist Party of India for nearly a decade from 1971-81, when he was an Accredited Member (Comrade) of the Communist Party of India.