III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
ii) Left politics, 1964-2014
1964
Left politics, trade unions and histories of Indian labour: Includes research articles and papers by Harold Crouch, Kristoffel Lieten, Biren Roy, Sunanda Sen & Byasdeb Dasgupta, T.K. Oomen, Deepita Chakravarty, Vaskar Nandy, Rohini Hensman and others on topics such as, ‘AITUC and the Split in the Communist Party’, ‘Indian Working Class in Perspective’, ‘Labour Undress Stress: Findings from a survey’, ‘Indian Labour Movement: Colonial Era to the Global Age’, ‘Trade Unions and Business Firms: Unorganised Manufacturing in West Bengal’, ‘Workers, Unions and the Left: Responding to the Global Crisis’, etc.
Left politics; trade unions; history; Indian labour; AITUC; Communist Party; West Bengal
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
ii) Left politics, 1964-2014
1969
Agrarian Structure, class relations and peasantry in India: Includes writings by Ashoka Rudra, Donald S. Zagoria, Utsa Patnaik, Paresh Chattopadhyay, Ranajit Sau, Pranab Bardhan, Alice Thorner, Tom Brass, Jonathan Pattenden, Jens Lerche, Isabelle Guerin and others titled, ‘In search of a Capitalist Farmer’, ‘The Ecology of Peasant Communism in India’, ‘Capitalist Development in Agriculture: A Note’, ‘On Class Relations in Indian Agriculture: A Comment’, ‘Rural Labour in Agrarian Transitions” The Semi-Feudal Thesis Revisited’, ‘The Agrarian Question in Neoliberal India: Agrarian Transition Bypassed?’, etc.
Agrarian Structure; class relations; peasantry; India
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
ii) Left politics, 1964-2014
1971
Political commentaries on the condition and future of the Indian Left: Includes writings by Pranab Bardhan & Ashok Rudra, Indraneel Dasgupta, Jayati Ghosh, Prabhat Patnaik, Prasenjit Bose, Achin Vanaik and others on ‘Totems and Taboos of Left Mythology’, ‘Avoidable Tragedy of the Left in India’, ‘On Some Left Critiques of the Left’, ‘The Emerging Left in the ‘Emerging’ World’, ‘Does the Left have an Alternative?’ etc. Also, includes, a book review of Ranabir Samaddar’s Passive Revolution in West Bengal: 1977-2011 by Prasenjit Bose and an article titled ‘Friends, Foes and Understanding’ by Ranabir Samaddar
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
ii) Left politics, 1964-2014
1973
Left politics/Communism in South Asia: Includes writings by Paul Brass & Marcus Franda, Bhabani Sen Gupta, Badruddin Umar, Charles S. -Blackton and Matthew Joseph C. on ‘Political Parties of the Radical Left in South Asia’, ‘Indian Politics and the Communist Party (Marxist)’, ‘Left in Bangladesh’, ‘Sri Lanka’s Marxists’, ‘Communism in South Asia’ and ‘Pakistan: Transition to Democracy and Challenges before the Left’
Left politics; Communism; South Asia; Communist Party (Marxist); Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Pakistan
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
ii) Left politics, 1964-2014
1977
Left politics and culture:
i) Includes writings by Michael Waltz, Angshutosh Khan, Gautam Bose & Debaprasad Chakrabarti and Sudhanva Deshpande titled, ‘The Indian People’s Theatre Association: Its Development and Influences’, ‘Left Cultural Movement in West Bengal: An Analysis’, ‘Sahmat and Politics of Cultural Intervention.’ Also includes script of a play by Taran Khan for performance at Sarai/CSDS, New Delhi
ii) Extract and Chapters from Rakshanda Jalil’s PhD thesis, ‘The Progressive Writers’ Movement: With Special Reference to Urdu Literature.’ Also includes, draft of an article by Jalil titled, ‘In Search of a Narrative: Exploring Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Modern Urdu Literature’
Left politics; West Bengal; script; Rakshanda Jalil; Urdu Literature
