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Vivan Sundaram - A Tribute

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×VIVAN Sundaram, one of the most influential and radically creative artists of the post 1960s generation passed away on March 29 after a brief illness. Vivan actively aligned himself with the Left and progressive movement in general and with the CPI(M) in particular. His contribution to the anti-communal and pro-people movements and the formation and functioning of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust are a legacy to cherish. 

Comrade Kumar Shiralkar: A Multi-Faceted Revolutionary

WITH the passing of Comrade Kumar Shiralkar on October 2, 2022 at the age of 80 due to cancer, the CPI(M) and the Left democratic movement of Maharashtra has lost a dedicated, multi-faceted revolutionary leader. I have lost a true comrade and friend of the last 40 years.Kumar was born in a middle-class family at Miraj in Sangli district of Maharashtra on January 10, 1942. He completed his B.E. (Mechanical) from the Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli.

Comrade Ahilya Rangnekar: An Intrepid Revolutionary

JULY 8, 2022 marked the birth centenary day of Comrade Ahilya Rangnekar, one of the intrepid women revolutionaries of Maharashtra, and of the country.  Ahilya Rangnekar was born on July 8, 1922 at Pune. Her father Trimbak Ranadive was a progressive who supported the social reform movement led by Mahatma Jotirao Phule and other stalwarts. He actively opposed discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, or gender. In Ahilya’s youth, she was influenced by her elder brother B T Ranadive, who was a front ranking leader in the Communist movement.

Comrade Barkya Mangat

A remarkable Adivasi leader of the CPI(M) and AIKS in Maharashtra, Barkya Mangat, aged 69, passed away on the evening of March 31, 2022, of a sudden heart attack. He was ailing for a few months. Mangat was a member of the Party's Maharashtra state secretariat since 2015 and was the secretary of the Party's Thane-Palghar district committee from 2014 till 2022. He was also the vice president of the AIKS Maharashtra state council.

Comrade Prabhakar Sanzgiri: A Creative Marxist Leader

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021 marked the birth centenary day of Comrade Prabhakar Sanzgiri. He was born on September 25, 1921 and passed away on March 9, 2009. In him, the Left movement, the CPI(M) and the CITU in Maharashtra lost one of their extraordinary leaders. He joined the Communist Party in 1941 at the age of 20. Sanzgiri devoted 68 of his 87 years to the Communist movement with exemplary devotion.For most of this period, he was one of the front rank leaders of the Party and CITU.

Mahendra Singh: A Steadfast Revolutionary Leader

IT came like a bolt from the blue – the news of Mahendra Singh’s sudden demise by heart attack in Mumbai on the morning of July 4, 2021. It was unbelievable and shattering. Just the previous evening he had guided a CITU meeting at the Bhandup office. A week ago, on June 26, he led the joint demonstration at the historic August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai to mark the ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy’ nationwide call and led the delegation that met the governor of Maharashtra. He told the governor to his face that his BJP-RSS central government was running an undeclared emergency.

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