Marxism is not an aggregation of everything that Marx said or did. Marxism is a worldview, approach and a method. This worldview and method of materialist dialectics is Marx’s epochal contribution to science. As Lenin said, Marx could never write his planned separate treatise on materialist dialectics, but he left us Capital, which is the application of the materialist dialectics in the arena of economic phenomena. read more
To answer the question ‘what is caste’ we must answer the question ‘how did varna/caste system originate?’ In my opinion, to understand caste system in its contemporaneity, it is essential to comprehend it historically. One of the main weaknesses of sociological studies of caste is their disdain for a historical view. This positivistic fetish to record the myriad contemporary particularities of caste prevents most of the sociological studies to arrive at a balanced historical understanding of caste system. read more
the present unprecedented rise of Hindutva Fascism to power must be located in the overall rise of Far Right (often Fascist) forces around the world following the beginning of economic crisis in 2007. read more