The Dalit Question

[From the Political-Organisational Report of the Sixth Party Congress.] The dalit question has emerged as a major question, particularly with the phenomenal rise of BSP. The BSP, after a good beginning

Whither Indian Muslims?

[Inaugural address at the national convention titled ‘Whither Indian Muslims?’ organised by Inquilabi Muslim Conference. From Liberation, December 1993.] Members of the Presidium and Friends, History is replete with events, great and

The Muslim Question

[From the Political-Organisational Report of the Sixth Party Congress.] The Muslim question is very significant in our country. The religious persecution faced by the community gives rise to a peculiar minority

On National Unity

[From the Political-Organisational Report adopted at the Fifth Party Congress, 1992.] As communists of a country which earned its nationhood in the course of struggle against colonial rule and which still

Mao and His Thought

[This note, originally meant for an Assamese magazine, was written just on the eve of the military crackdown on the ULFA. From Liberation, January 1991] On a fine summer morning way

On Anil Barua

[Excerpts from speech at a condolence meeting in memory of martyr Comrade Anil Barua in Calcutta on 24 March. From Liberation, April 1998.] ....So many questions have arisen out of this