Congress candidate wins fiercely fought Kerala bypoll against CPM

A Moderate Marxist

CPM alarmed by shrinking student base

Top-level party report warns that its student front remains stagnant or negligible in most states

Bengali Exceptionalism

A new shot of Red Bull

Transwoman in CPM youth body calls for mindset change

Laya Maria Jaison, 31, has tried her luck in modelling and acting

The Indiscreet Charm of Abbas Siddiqui

Can the sinking Left expect a rainmaker in the brash cleric, its new ally?

Left, Cong Bittersweet Winners While BJP Slides

The LDF tally in the Assembly is now 93, two more than when they were elected to power in 2016

Zero Marx

A rigid ideology and a generational divide contributed to the Left's rout in India

Kerala: Politics of Bloodlust

Violence between the Left and the Right in Kerala shows no sign of ending despite their secret parleys

A Report From the Haunted House of Indian Marxists

The 22nd Party Congress of  CPM was long on rhetoric and short on realism