The Communists

Yesterday, I came across a curious reference – the Communist Party of India will be celebrating the 80th birthday of the party in India on December 26, 2005. Eighty is a big milestone…the party came into existence when the venerated Atalji was only one year and one day old in the world.

I do not know about the Times group, but at least, the Express group did not take note if this milestone and while the twenty-four hour news channels were busy ruminating about the twists in BJP, no one seemed to notice the geriatrics from the Communist Party.

How are the communists doing today? Especially if you compare the grand bash of the 25th birthday of the BJP – where is the communist party today? Are the otherwise raucous comrades busy in introspection?