Mamata, the 'slumdog politician', comes of age

Very few events can teach you as much about contemporary India as the Indian election. Like, in Gujarat if Chief Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party wins much more seats than what......

CPI-M finalizes Kerala candidates for LS polls

The Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretariat meeting held at the party headquarters AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has finalized the name of party candidates fighting the......

Divided communists remember undivided party govt

It was an undivided Communist Party that formed the World's first democratically elected Communist government when it came to power in Kerala in 1957, and today it is the divided Communist party......

It happens only in Kerala

Visiting Kerala is like taking a trip on a time-machine, especially if you meet as I did friends of a Leftist persuasion. The Australian tour of India, the Maharashtra assembly elections, and the......