Chronicling the role and views of communists in the struggle for the annihilation of caste
Prakash Karat, Polit Bureau Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), writes on the Constitutional amendment that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government got adopted in Parliament providing for 10 percent reservation for economically weaker sections in the general category. [Read more]
Reactionary sections are incensed not just at his political positions, but also the fact that somebody from the thiyya / ezhava caste, a community of former untouchables with traditional occupations such as coconut plucking and toddy tapping, has risen to the position of the Chief Minister of the State. [Read more]