Remembering Bhowani Sen On His Birth Centenary

Bhowani Sen, SC, Susobhan Sarkar — 2009-01-26T12:11:55Z

January 26 this year is not only our sixtieth Republic Day. It also marks the birth centenary of one of the most outstanding Communist leaders this country has produced—Bhowani Sen, who was described by C. Rajeswara Rao, the erstwhile CPI General Secretary, as a “staunch Bolshevik”; in fact after Bhowani Sen's death in Moscow in the morning of July 10, 1972, Rajeswara Rao underscored: “He was a Bolshevik, every inch of him.” But apart from the fact that he was one of the most erudite (…)

- January 2009

Marx and Engels on 1857 Revolt

Susobhan Sarkar — 2007-05-14T01:28:25Z

Marx's comments on the Revolt of 1857 constitute an original contribution to the study of contemporary Indian history. They are in sharp opposition to the established orthodox theory of regarding the rising as essentially a military mutiny, disfigured by ‘native' atrocities, put down by British valour. It is interesting to reflect that modern research is at long last veering round to the viewpoint of Marx.
Marx dealt in the main with the general character of the revolt, the question of (…)

- May 12, 2007

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Remembering Bhowani Sen On His Birth Centenary

Marx and Engels on 1857 Revolt