Too Early

Despite the disintegration of the erstwhile USSR and other communist countries, Indian leftists are still clinging to dialectical materialism and talk in the same language as the classical Marxists used to several decades ago.
With the capture of the students union by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the entire scenario in the university is likely to through major changes.
However, in the present political setup, it is too early to hope for a new dawn at the JNU, or in India.
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First Published: Nov 02 1996 | 12:00 AM IST

