The Communist parties today have adopted a somewhat different perspective on the national question in the subcontinent from earlier days of the fateful pre-1947 period. After an initial neglect of this crucial question, in the wake of the Pakistan demand by the Muslim League the CPI began to uphold the right of self-determination of various nationalities including their right to secede within the framework of a united India. Post-independence the Communist ...
War and National Liberation: Communist Party of India Documents 1939-1945
The documents in this volume voice the CPI side of the story of their stance on the Second World War and the Quit India movement in the background of the rising demand for national self-determination in the subcontinent. The CPI has had to face the charge of being traitors and Soviet agents during World War II. But rightist rhetoric and fake nationalism apart, the CPI leadership had a full-fledged theory and practice for its unconditional support to the ...
Reflections on the Caste Question: The Dalit Situation in South India
