Prakash Karat
Red Rediscovery
Dhirendra K Jha
The party may yet revive a project it had given up just recently—the Third Front
The CPM Has Split in All but Name
Prakash Karat is openly aligned with the party’s Kerala faction while the Bengal unit is headed its own way
Advantage Buddhadeb
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat’s hold on his party is getting feebler by the day. His peace overtures at the recent Central Committee meeting in Hyderabad notwithstanding
Clueless Indian Marxists
Karat has reiterated the obvious that Marxism has failed to come to terms with India
Prelude to a Parting
After the CPM’s Vijayawada meet, Prakash Karat has made a declaration of party unity. But insiders hear a bugle call to war.
Yellow Card for Karat
How Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee blew his top at a Politburo meeting, and how Prakash Karat was served an unprecedented warning by his party.
Karat to Face His Party’s Music
An extended meeting of the CPM’s Central Committee in August is expected to call him to account for overstepping the party’s political line.
India This Week
Karat Gives in to Detractors; Cheek for a Cheek; Proving Their Track Record; Desperate Buddha Vibes; No Centre-State Harmony in Kashmir Song
Karat versus Yechury
Partners once, rivals now. There is a deep split within the CPM that threatens to surface if the party loses Bengal.
‘No Compromise on Leading Rebellions’
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on the difficulties his party faces in the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election, the threat from Maoists and his error in allowing the UPA government to negotiate a safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in November 2007.
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