whenever I bewildered , comrades S . Kannan , Founder of Kari Marx Library , Bhaskaran and lawyer Nagarathinam lend their tender hands from time to time . However , the style of English of valued Comrade TN was extraordinary . I cannot be proud , as I had completely succeeded in translating this book . There might be flaws . If pointed out in a friendly manner , it will be helpful to improve the future editions . In this book Com . TN elaborately depicted the continuation of domination of foreign capital all over Indian social structure even after the transfer of power from British colonialists to the Indian big bourgeoisie in 1947 and also how the Indian comprador class serves the imperialism to exploit India ’ s natural resources and labour power . He revealed with suitable data how the comprador bourgeoisie mortgaged India to foreign capital through their pro imperialist policies . He exposed the revisionist fallacy that ‘ the Soviet aid to India was socialist in nature and would weaken the grip of imperialism ’ by showing with sufficient data its shylockian nature . Thus India was turned into a happy hunting ground for imperialist powers . In this book he exposed the deceptive nature of the reforms brought by the ruling classes ; the hypocritical nature of slogan of building a socialistic society ; strengthening the economic and political base of the landlord sections through rural credit societies , Panchayat Raj , the throwing away of peasants from their lands by economic levers and forced migration of agricultural labour . He clearly portrayed the wretched conditions that lead to peasant uprisings and white terror unleashed by the government . In short , this book will be far more helpful to understand deeply the Indian economy and polity during
4 the period from 1947 to 1970 and to predict its future direction .
Few comrades expressed their concerns that this book is irrelevant in the context of liberalization , privatization and globalization era . However , those who read this book could realize that the concern itself is irrelevant . Because , Com . TN removed the guise and showed how cunningly the ruling classes laid foundation for these later day policies since the transfer of power . Though the new economic policies being implemented since 1990 constitute a now phase , the political , economic and ideological ground work and been assiduously made by the ruling classes laid foundation for these later day policies since the transfer of power . Though the new economic policies being implemented since 1990 constitute a new phase , the political , economic and ideological ground work had been assiduously made by the ruling classes long before . He clearly showed that since the Nehru period , the Indian comprador bourgeoisie did not play the progressive role at all and these servants of imperialism turned India into semi-colony and nourished dangerous expansionist ambitions . No doubt , to understand these aspects this book would be useful to a greater extent . So even if its Tamil version came out very late , it would shed a new light to Tamil intellectuals and rebels who fight for social change . Com . TN not only explained how India was mortgaged to foreign capital and transformed into a slave nation , but also how the people are pushed to the edge of destruction and have been enraged and raised to establish people ’ s democracy . He defined this as a phase of objectively matured situation , and is in the phase of mass uprising .
Com . TN described how the spark of naxalbari spread to various states and other parts of the subcontinent . Though many revolutionary experiences were gained during this period , the movement also faced failures and setbacks . W hile assessing the situation , Com . TN quoted from the great teacher Lenin . It reads : Even though the objective situation is mature , sometimes we could not have enough power to overthrow the ruling class from state power , during such times society may degenerate ; this degeneration may last for generations .
By quoting this , Com TN insisted on the necessity of subjective factor , that is , the building of powerful revolutionary organization . Further , on evaluating the gained revolutionary experiences and intense discussion among the revolutionary groups , he expressed that though the ruling classes and revisionists are joyous at the split of the movement , the revolutionaries will achieve unity through principled ideological struggle . He said that the prolonged people ’ s war is not going to be a march from one victory to another , but also faces setbacks and it is our duty to consciously carry forward the tasks of revolution with determination . Since there are several nationalities and ethnic groups exist in such a vast country with wider uneven economic development , the revolutionary subjective and objective factors also would develop unevenly , so that our revolutionary struggle should take up various forms of struggle with giving primacy to armed peasant movement which travels through various twists and turns ; then the victory of revolution is assured . With this remarkable sentence he concluded the book . I firmly believe that this way the book is not only an economic investigative one but also a sword in the hands of revolutionary cadres .
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