Statues of a Russian communist, whose name would befuddle most Indians, were first erected then pulled down in Tripura. After BJP defeated CPM Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov alias Lenin’s statues were toppled, leading to a rash of statue attacks from those on BJP icon and Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, to drafter of India’s Constitution BR Ambedkar and Tamil Nadu’s Periyar. The world may think that the Soviet Union has crumbled but the USSR still lives in many parts of Bharat.
The sari clad, bindi sporting secretary of the DMK women’s wing is, after all, named Karl Marx. DMK scion and leader is called Stalin and Kolkata’s Harrington Street was re-named Ho Chi Minh Sarani (after the Vietnamese communist leader) at Read More
