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VS Achuthanandan

A Report From the Haunted House of Indian Marxists

Ullekh NP

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

Pinarayi Vijayan: The Politician Who Does Not Smile

In the run-up to the Assembly elections, will Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘tough guy’ image be tough enough to outshine VS Achuthanandan’s charm

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016: Down the Beaten Path

The oldest warhorse, the crafty red don, a damaged chief minister and the spoiler in the fray. It’s between the predictable and the historical in Kerala

VS Achuthanandan: Comrade VSOP

What is it that makes VS Achuthanandan, Kerala’s most youthful politician at 92, the most popular Indian communist? Open  catches up with the relentless fighter as he prepares for another battle

Two Leaves and A Rebellion

A few thousand women in the hill ranges of Munnar challenge the male dominated trade unions of Kerala

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Sitaram Yechury incurs the displeasure of party leaders who want action, not talk, as the new chief goes ahead with plans to hold a plenum in November, just months ahead of crucial polls in Kerala where it is battling against heavy odds to wrest power from the Congress and in West Bengal where it is struggling to retain its second position

Miffed VS Achuthanandan leaves party meet in a huff

The nonagenarian communist went out of the conference hall bidding farewell to the general secretary Prakash Karat who unsuccessfully tried to pacify him

Letter Bomb from Kerala

The state’s former CM has spoken up and put the CPM’s central leadership in a fix

Politburo Puzzle

Why VS Achuthanandan was left out of the CPM’s apex body

Man of the Match

VS Achuthanandan may have ended up on the losing side, but he made the Left look respectable even in defeat.

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