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

Shahina KK

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

MG Radhakrishnan

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

Shahina KK

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

Charmy Harikrishnan

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

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Ullekh NP

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