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History of India will be one of class struggle, not caste. - The Indian Express

Express News Service ()
9 January 1997

Title : History of India will be one of class struggle, not caste
Author : Express News Service
Publication : The Indian Express
Date : January 9, 1997

Though the Communist Party of India (CPI) is ready to accept caste as
a reality in the Indian context, it is not yet prepared to equate caste
movements with class struggles, more so in accommodating both the
aspects in the revolutionary agenda.

Speaking after releasing Pettubadi, a Telugu translation of Karl Marx's
Das Kapital authored jointly by Y V Krishna Rao, president of the
All-India Rytu Sangham and Edpuganti Nageswara Rao, here today, CPI
general secretary A B Bardhan stressed on the relevance of Marxism even
in the present conditions, despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and
its replicas in Eastern Europe.

Underscoring the need to apply Marxism to the changing conditions and
specific problems of different countries, he conceded that caste is a
specific Indian phenomena and cannot be ignored while transforming the
society here.

"Caste and class are coterminus is our country. However, one cannot be
misled to think that both the struggles are the same," he cautioned.
According to him, it would be highly inappropriate to equate both just
because they may be converging at one point or the other. He said
Marxism was not a dogmatic expression and all those who have been
writing it off, especially in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, were
proved wrong. "As long as there is suppression and exploitation in
society, Marxism will continue to be the only scientific model for the
better future of the toiling masses," he said.

As a methodology in analysing the society too, Marxism was gaining
acceptance the world over. The latest Vietanamese experiment with the
Marx-Mao-Ho Chi Minh axis was an innovative yet beneficial social model,
Mr Bardhan explained.

"Unfortunately we do not have a Ho Chi Minh or a Mao, so we have to
explore our own viable social models through which we can achieve social
justice and usher in socialism."

State secretary D Nagabhushan Rao, assistant secretary S Sudhakar Reddy
and Progressive Writers' Association secretary Yetukuri Prasad were
among those who spoke on the occasion.


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