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Marxism, which is the world’s most influential body of thought and has also changed the course of human history, has become more relevant in the Indian context for addressing the economic and humanity crisis that the country was facing in the prevailing situation.

Two centuries later since the birth of Karl Marx, the teachings of the Communist Manifesto are being further underlined by the coming of the coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath. On the great German philosopher’s 203rd birth anniversary, it’s good to recall what Marx said in the Communist Manifesto: "...this formula clearly proves that the bourgeoisie no longer has the right to be the ruler of society, has no right to impose the conditions of its existence on society as the ultimate law. The bourgeoisie is not fit to rule because they Unable to confirm the existence of slaves in slavery, cannot bring them down to a state where the wealth of slaves Instead of eating, the slave has to be fed. In this bourgeois regime, society can no longer live, that is, in other words, its existence is no longer compatible with society ... The fall of the bourgeoisie and the victory of the proletariat are both inevitable. .... "

May Day is a day of celebration. It is celebration of labour and labourers who are the creators of the wealth of the nations. It is a day to demonstrate the strength of the working people, alliance of workers and peasants, unity of the trade unions and labour movements and to express solidarity nationally and internationally.

The world is passing through a very difficult period, a period it ever witnessed in last ten decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has put human life before a life and death question. Starting from China, the said virus had already engulfed the entire globe, and that also without any form of racial, national, religious or class discrimination. The ruling circles of different countries have experienced that the present system of neo-liberal capitalism has failed to rise to this crisis-ridden occasion and thereby has exposed its historical limitations. So, when people world over are struggling for their health, job and livelihood, searching for new world free from the present pandemic, we are observing the 150th birth anniversary of Comrade Lenin.

22 April 2020 is not just a date in calendar. It marks the 150th birth anniversary of V I Lenin. He was one of the greatest theoreticians after Karl Marx. He was an excellent strategist and tactician who led first socialist revolution in 1917 in Russia which is noted as Great October Socialist Revolution. He was the head of the first Socialist Country and founder of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

April 22, 2020, marks the 150th birth anniversary of the greatest revolutionary figure of the twentieth century, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. After Marx and Engels, Lenin made the biggest contribution to the theory and practice of Marxism. Lenin’s groundbreaking theoretical advances, such as his analysis of imperialism, set the stage for the world’s first socialist revolution in Russia in October 1917. Lenin created a revolutionary strategy that encompassed the industrial proletariat and the peoples of the colonies and oppressed countries. Another aspect of this strategy was the concept of worker- peasant unity. In the sphere of revolutionary practice, Lenin pioneered the role of a revolutionary party organisation as the vanguard of the working class.

Introductory note: The capitalist economy has produced a type of human being who, in moments of crisis such as these times impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19), is capable of buying everything, leaving others who need the same items with nothing. —Dagoberto Gutiérrez

Manmohan Singh’s biography by former Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia reveals many facets of the former Prime Minister’s personality and landmark decisions taken during his ten-year rule. One of the most significant achievements of former PM was the conclusion of the Indo-US nuclear agreement. Manmohan Singh rightly believed that the non-proliferation regime had imposed a ‘nuclear apartheid’ on India and it would be a major long-term gain for ‘our economy’ if we could get these restriction lifted.

In 2019, the euphorically intoned question on everyone’s lips that defined the tiny world of cinematography was: Have you seen Parasite yet?

Faiz Ahmad Faiz came alive when his famous poem Hum Dekhenge was recently termed as anti-Hindu. There were explanatory write-ups and discourses about why and how it is not. In the process, what has gone unnoticed is a method in misunderstanding Faiz. If we are forced to misunderstand Faiz, then serious questions arise. Who does it and why? Misunderstanding Faiz puts a question mark on the Sense of Poetry, which India boasts of. If we fail to appreciate the poetic genuius of Faiz, then really something is wrong with us and also in question is the time=frame in which we are living.