973 (Part 1/10) 200th Birth Year of Karl Marx, commencing from today. Some studious musings

200th Birth Year of Karl Marx, philosopher and the propounder of the Theory of Marxism / Communism is on the offing now. We are already going through the Centenary of the October 1917 Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution in Russia). One happy thing about Mr. Vladimir Putin is that, he does not make pretentions of being a fan or a follower of Karl Marx, just as Indian Politicians who make pretentions of being Great Disciples of Babasaheb Ambedkar, whose 125th Birth Anniversary has recently been celebrated with great gaiety. Of course, right now, the People Russia itself, do not appear to have much interest in Marx or Lenin.

Maoist Terrorist Groups in India

There are Terrorist Groups in India who swear on Marx and Mao, but who do not believe in either Marx or Mao. As labels are necessary to impress people, Maoists use the Communist Flags, literature, and names. For that matter, even Mao himself did not believe in Karl Marx. All those things are important for the World Today , though there is not a single country which is sincerely committed to Communism / Marxism / True Complete Socialism, because though modern gadgets, tools, equipment-s are ubiquitous everywhere, Working Class people are still suffering drudgeries and slaveries. We can find the severest drudgeries and slaveries, in densely populated lands like China, India, Indonesia, Bangla Desh, Pakisthan, Brazil, Mexico etc. United States, Canada, ANZ, and Europe want to build walls to prevent influx of immigrants from densely populated lands. The (said to be) dream of Karl Marx, envisaging the Unity of the World's Working Class cannot materialise as long as the Working Classes of the Developed World are not willing to treat their brothren from the Underdeveloped World and the Developing World. Besides the 'White' Working Class is not willing to accept 'Black' Working Class as their brethren, though this remark may appear to be Racialist, but Facts and Truths tend to hurt and remain unpalatable.

RELATED LINKS

Click here to go to: https://libcom.org/history/marx-piss-london-pub-crawl-karl-marx-late-1850s-wilhelm-liebknecht. Title of this Article is: "Marx on the piss; a London pub crawl with Karl Marx in the late 1850s - Wilhelm Liebknecht". The word Piss here means 'beer'.

Click here to go to http://www.andhrajyothy.com/artical?SID=407380.
Title of this Telugu article is: రోబోల యుగంలో మార్క్స్‌.English Script: rObOtla yugamlO Marx. Meaning: Marx in the Age of Robots. Date:5.5.2017. This short Telugu Essay is by one Shri Vuppala Narasimham.

yb-donkey's views not intended to be imposed on others:-

The aficionados and connoisseurs of English Literature, might have come across harsh reality about many Medieval-Elizabethan and Victorian English Poets and writers, being addicts of alcoholism and narcotic drugs, with probable exception of Masters like John Milton and Samuel Johnson. Examples of poets who died in drunken brawls: Christopher Marlowe, killed on 30th May 1593 (disputable?). English poets and writers, whether they ultimately die in drunken brawls or not, their being present at drunken brawls or suffering from some ailment caused by alcoholism and addiction to narcotis, seems to be common.

Now, let us see the link 1 above. By going to the link, Readers can see that the encounter described in the narration by Wilhelm Liebknecht in his Karl Marx: Biographical Memoirs, sketches "a smashing drunken evening in London Town written after some 40 years of the Event. A quote from this illustrates:

"...One evening, Edgar Bauer, acquainted with Marx from their Berlin time and then not yet his personal enemy […], had come to town from his hermitage in Highgate for the purpose of “making a beer trip.” The problem was to “take something” in every saloon between Oxford Street and Hampstead Road – making the something a very difficult task, even by confining yourself to a minimum, considering the enormous number of saloons in that part of the city. But we went to work undaunted and managed to reach the end of Tottenham Court Road without accident. ..."

"...Edgar Bauer, hurt by some chance remark, turned the tables and ridiculed the English snobs. Marx launched an enthusiastic eulogy on German science and music – no other country, he said, would have been capable of producing such masters of music as Beethoven, Mozart, Haendel and Haydn, and the Englishmen who had no music were in reality far below the Germans who had been prevented hitherto only by the miserable political and economic conditions from accomplishing any great practical work, but who would yet outclass all other nations. So fluently I have never heard him speak English. ..."

"...The brows of our hosts began to cloud […]; and when Edgar Bauer brought up still heavier guns and began to allude to the English cant, then a low “damned foreigners!” issued from the company, soon followed by louder repetitions. Threatening words were spoken, the brains began to be heated, fists were brandished in the air and – we were sensible enough to choose the better part of valor and managed to effect, not wholly without difficulty, a passably dignified retreat. ..."

It is not my (yb-donkey) intention to say that Messrs. Karl Marx, Edgar Bauer, Wilhelm Liebknecht ought to have behaved like good boys, or like the South Indian Brahmins or Jain Monks who are devoted to the virtues of total abstinence.

Once, one of my readers at my Vivekananda blog Vivekanandayb.blogspot.com, questioned: "Was Swami Vivekananda not entitled to his own need of 'fun'?" Then I had to reply to my critics, pointing out the wide difference between PREACHING PHILOSOPHERS and the ordinary citizens. Fun is for ordinary citizens. Preaching philosophers are venerated and hero-worshiped. They are treated as "above-mortals", super-human beings. Hence, there are GREAT EXPECTATIONS from them.

Late Karl Marx may also be right in declaring himself as 'Rebel with a cause'. I can only say, "Okay, let them have their own quotas of fun!".

What I am more interested is in what the Maoists in India are indulging in, in the name of Maoism. My readers may see this N TV video which depicts how Maoists in Chattisgadh torture and kill tribals, calling them informers: Click here to see the BRUTAL VIDEO at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQjwwJl765M, where the Bhunkas Militia kill a tribal after torturing him..

VOCABULARY HELP FOR THE WORD 'PISS'

piss pɪs/ vulgar slang verb verb: piss; 3rd person present: pisses; past tense: pissed; past participle: pissed; gerund or present participle: pissing.

1. urinate. synonyms: pee, wee, piddle, widdle; . informalwee-wee, Jimmy (Riddle), slash, wazz discharge (something, especially blood) when urinating. urinate involuntarily (often used hyperbolically to indicate hilarity or intense fear). Rain heavily.
noun: piss. 1. urine. an act of urinating. plural noun: pisses. 2. Australian alcoholic drink, especially beer. "we'll need 70 cans of piss for the trip" Read more: Click here to go to dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/piss.

The points raised by Shri Vuppala Narasimham in Andhra Jyothy Newspaper dated 5.5.2017 (link given above), are worth analysing threadbare. This aspect, we shall take up in our forthcoming blogposts. In the meantime, my Readers will probably agree: Three things are definite.

The first is, Maoists cannot bring true total socialism. They only contribute to anarchy and terrorism.

The second is: The bourgeoisie State and bourgeoisie Leaders are too inert and too disinclined to find out lasting solutions for the sufferings of tribals, small and marginal farmers, agricultural laborers, unorganised sector workers, tiny cottage artisans, and cart and foot-path vendors, shop clerks etc. etc .

The third is : We have to find fast and lasting solutions for the problems of INEQUALITIES OF INCOME AND WEALTH, AND THE DRUDGERIES AND SLAVERIES of millions, without deviating from democracy, and without resorting to oppressions and repressions.

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934 What Vladimin Lenin had done, or had not done to erstwhile USSR is worth analysing!

What Vladimir Lenin, the Legendary Leader of the Communist Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution 1917), had done / had not done, for the erstwhile Soviet Union are worth analysing , without Capitalist or Communist bias, and worth reading for those who have a view that this Capitalist World is really abominable, and is to be trashed, if some viable humane alternative socio-economic system can be found and implemented without bloodshed and tyrannical oppressions. In a few blog posts of mine, made here earlier, I have made one such beginning. Today's trigger: Click here to go to https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/03/how-lenin-manipulated-the-russian-revolution-to-his-own-ends/#, to study some critical analyses on the subject. More are to come from this donkey also. This link contains an article titled "How Lenin manipulated the Russian Revolution to his own ends' by Roland Elliott Brown, which is readable. The writer Mr. Brown says "He even viewed the starvation of countless peasants as a ‘progressive element’ in weakening the Tsar, says Victor Sebestyen (a review of book authored by Sebestyen, says)".

This article starts with viewing Lenin as a 'demagogue'. Meaning, as per Google Inquiry: "...a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. ...".

ybrao-a-donkey's views which are not intended to be imposed on others:

Even Capitalism, MNCs, the American Government (not necessarily the Trump's Administeration, we can even say 'starting with George Washington'), the Euro Governments do the same thing, i.e. they try to appeal to popular desires and prejudices rather than by use rational argument. The only difference is Marketing does not concentrate much on "satisfying popular wants (My Economics Text book in my XI Standard School days, started with 'human wants', 'necessities, comforts, and luxuries' and progressed into Consumer Behaviors)", but on the 'luxuries of those who have the moolah to purchase'. Had there not been a system called 'Voting Parliaments/Assemblies' every four or five years, the Governments would not have even bothered about popular desires and / or prejudices. Anyway that is a term affair of 4/5/10 years affair. In their daily routine, Capitalist Governments want to 'maximise their income', like the proverbial monopolyist's equilibrium in the Smithsonian Economics or the Classical Economics.

Principal Object of Modern Governments i.e. their raison d'être/ˌreɪzɒ̃ ˈdɛtrə,French ʀɛzɔ̃ dɛtʀ/ -the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence.

The need and greed of any Government worth its salt in this World will be to maximise its tax collections, and the Governments will not mind to pay millions to those Experts and Consultants who can invent new ways to introduce new taxes, bring in newer groups of citizens into the tax net, how to raise tax rates without making the Citizens to feel that their blood is being sucked.

What is Smithsonian Economics?

For those Readers who are interested in studying the features of Smithsonian Economics, here is one link to download a pdf: Click here to download a pdf of Reflections on Smithsonian Economics.

LENIN'S AND STALIN'S ADMINISTRATIONS CANNOT BE EXCEPTIONS

Lenin's and Stalin's Administrations cannot be exceptions because RUNNING ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES WITH ALL THEIR concomitant Fads, Idiosyncrasies, Mansions, Cars, Paraphernalia, Regalia, Statues and what not, need investments and maintenance. Huge Police Hierarchies are needed to save the Top Gods Ruling the Administration, whether in Capitalist Countries or in (untruly) Socialist Countries.

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921 Should truely Communist/Marxist/Socialist countries maintain good business relations with bourgeoisie countries like United States?

In this 21Century World, we see four types of different scenarios. 1) Countries like Cuba (now, changing), Venezuela, staying away from bourgeoisie countries like U.S.A. 2) Countries like N. Korea, treating U.S., and its allies, more as its enemies, focus all its missiles on them, and in the process become an enemy to them. 3) Countries like China, Vietnam who though claim themselves to be Communist countries, welcoming bourgeoisie countries, and their MNCs for setting up businesses. 4) Countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and many Gulf countries initially surrendering themselves to the exploitation by Euro American Multi National Corporates, gradually realising that they were losing through exploitative pricing, and groping in darkness for methods and strategies to free from themselves from the financial serfdom, to which they sometimes succumb, and sometimes show some resistance.

The following quote, from the text of Lenin's letter from Moscow, dated March 17, 1921, to Mr. Washington B. Vanderlip (from vol. 45 of Lenin's Collected Works) indicates that Lenin wanted to maintain very cordial business relations with U.S.A., and their Companies:--

I thank you for your kind letter of the 14th, and am very glad to hear of President Harding’s favourable views as to our trade with America. You know what value we attach to our future American business relations. We fully recognise the part played in this respect by your syndicate and also the great importance of your personal efforts. Your new proposals are highly interesting and I have asked the Supreme Council of National Economy to report to me at short intervals about the progress of the negotiations. You can be sure that we will treat every reasonable suggestion with the greatest attention and care.

It is on production and trade that our efforts are principally concentrated and your help is to us of the greatest value. If you have to complain of some officials please send your complaint to the respective People’s Commissary who will investigate the matter and report if necessary. I have already ordered special investigation concerning the person you mention in your letter.

The Congress of the Communist Party has taken so much of my time and forces that I am very tired and ill. Will you kindly excuse me if I am unable to have an interview with you just now. I will beg Comrade Chicherin to speak with you shortly. Wishing you much success I remain.

Who is this washignton Vanderlip?

A Note No. 83, in the same Vol. 45 of the Collected Works, explained, what had happened:--

83 In the autumn of 1920, Washington Vanderlip, representing the Vanderlip Syndicate, a large American concern, came to Moscow for talks on a concession for fisheries, and exploration for and extraction of oil and coal in Kamchatka and the rest of Eastern Siberia to the east of longitude 160 ° . A draft agreement was worked out at the end of October under which the syndicate was to receive a 60-year concession. After 35 years the Soviet Government was to have an option to buy out all the concession enterprises, and upon the expiry of the whole period, the enterprises and equipment in full running order were to be transferred free of charge into the ownership of the R.S.F.S.R. However, the syndicate failed to obtain support either from its own government or from influential financial groups in the U.S.A., and the draft agreement was not signed.

Did President Harding act favorably towards Russia of 1921?

Ans: Note No. 87 of the same vol. 45, of Lenin's Collected Works demonstrates that President Harding didn't come forward with 'gaga':

87 Written on G. V. Chicherin’s letter to the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee of March 18, 1921, saying that, according to information received through Washington Vanderlip, the new U.S. President William Harding (who succeeded Woodrow Wilson in March 1921, as a Republican President) was allegedly in favour of establishing trade relations with Soviet Russia. In this connection, Chicherin proposed that the session of the All- Russia C.E.C., which was to open, should adopt a Message on the desirability of establishing trade relations between Soviet Russia and the U.S.A. On March 20, the All-Russia C.E.C. sent a Message to the Congress of the U.S.A. and President Harding. However, this and other friendly acts by the Soviet Government did not meet with any response from the U.S. Government which persisted in refusing to recognise the Soviet state. This hostile U.S. stand delayed the normalisation of diplomatic and trade relations between the two countries for many years.

Something about 21st Century Russia?

Suppose some American Company of 2017 makes a similar proposal to the Russian Government, and if Putin Administration okays it, what will Mr. Donald Trump's White House will do?
If a similar proposal is put forward by some American Company to an Indian Company, probably the Narendra Modi Administration, and the State Government where the American Industry is to set its feet will welcome the idea with a red carpet, mELa tALAlu and bAja bhajantris (Telugu words for trumpets and orchestra). The American Multinationals and the concerned American Departments, may silently implement all the proposals, without taking them to the notice of Trump's Administration, unless there were going to be some impediments from White House.

Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, the Chief Minister 2014-17 of Residual Andhra Pradesh State, might have jumped with joy, if he were to receive this type of proposals from American or European Aqua Companies. It is difficult to say whether he will demand kickbacks or not, which depends on evidence.

See this news report, of to-date at Click here to go to http://www.ap7am.com/lv-249186-anti-aqua-park-agitators-arrested-at-tundurru.html, and study what happened in Residual Andhra Pradesh.

Anti-Aqua Park agitators arrested at Tundurru - Tv9

Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 10:36 AM
Over 1,000-strong police forces have been deployed at Tundurru village in West Godavari district, to stop Anti-Aqua Park agitators. Alerted by a call given by women agitators that they would organise a protest rally today, on International Women's Day, police have mobbed the village and surrounding areas, since early this morning. They have taken a few leaders in to custody. Satyavani, a woman leader, who had been jailed earlier for 45 days, as part of the agitation, said that they would conduct the protest rally at any cost. YSRCP, Left parties and women's organisations are part of the stir.

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917 Lenin Stalin Relations- A look from Vol. 45 of Lenin's Collected Works

I know that these particular posts of mine which relate to Communism / Marxism will not be read by anybody / or read by a very few people in this unipolar world, yet I cannot resist writing about these, in spite of knowing pretty well that this 21c. world considers Communism and Marxism as outdated theories, and in India RSS (Rashtria Swayam Sevak Sangh--a cultural organisation, according to themselves) loathes Communists. One can always say that Lenin and Stalin were dead long back, and are a part of a history, with only archaeological / or museum value. But, yet, the fact remains that as long as POVERTY CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD, the search for an alternative Socio-Economic Theory will have to continue. If Communism / Total Socialism (not fabian-gradualist variety) / Marxism is fraught with grave evils of loss of individual freedoms, initiatives, creativities, then something else must be explored. Till such a time, the third alternative is found out and successfully tried, Leftism will remain as a desirable objective to the monstrous Capitalism.

Why a study of Lenin-Stalin Relations, is important? Telugu language: లెనిన్ స్టాలిన్ సంబంధాల అధ్యయనం ఎందుకు ముఖ్యం?

Ans: While Late Karl Marx dreamt of an ideal World of Equalities, Lenin is to be given credit for trying to introduce Marxian Theories, into the practical arena. In the process, there might have been some teething troubles. There might have taken place some grave errors, causing misery to millions of people. It is necessary to study all / or at least a bulk, of such omissions / commissions / shortcomings, as a sine qua non for a successful retrial or re-experimentation with the CMS (Communism, Marxism, Socialism) Theories, so as to avoid miseries to masses, misuse of authority-and-power by unscrupulous persons, and make CMS acceptable not only to majority, but at least to 99% of the people. Even in CMS, dissent can never be oppressed / suppressed, even if such dissent is only from a 1%. The deciding factor will have to be, whether what the 1% says has any sound reasoning and desirability in what they say. Though absolutely 100% peaceful introduction of change is not possible, as all the people cannot be satisfied at all times, yet we cannot have some barbaric or savageous justice. We cannot replace a cruel system like Capitalism, with another system say Marxism, through equally cruel methods. Methods are, and ought to be as important as the goals.

The Euro-American world views Joseph Stalin as a despicable tyrant, though may not be on par with Adolph Hitler. But, Stalin was used by the same Euro-American World, as a co-warrior against Nazis and Hitler in World War 2. Euro-American World has the audacity of using and condemning anybody at its whims and fancies.

Prima facie, one gets an impression that during the life of Lenin, his words and orders seem to have prevailed, while Trotsky seemed to be Lenin's favorite, and Stalin wanted to be Lenin's successors. Hence, we may need to study Lenin-Stalin relations, and about the contributions made by Stalin, during the reign of Lenin, and also examine whether / why Stalin deviated from the path of Lenin.

The following letter from vol5 of Collected Works of Lenin, was written on 5th March 1923. Lenin addressed this letter to Stalin, marked it PERSONAL, TOP SECRET, PERSONAL, and endorsed copies to Comrades Kamenev and Zinoviev. This endorsement might have become necessary, because they had already come to know about Stalin's rude talk. Lenin started this letter with "Dear Comrade Stalin", and closed it with " Respectfully yours, ". That means, Lenin was very cordial and courteous, even when he had to handle some subject which is somewhat unpleasant.

Dear Comrade Stalin:

You have been so rude as to summon my wife to the telephone and use bad language. Although she had told you that she was prepared to forget this, the fact nevertheless became known through her to Zinoviev and Kamenev. I have no intention of forgetting so easily what has been done against me, and it goes without saying that what has been done against my wife I consider having been done against me as well. I ask you, therefore, to think it over whether you are prepared to withdraw what you have said and to make your apologies, or whether you prefer that relations between us should be broken off.

Respectfully Yours,

ybdonkey's views not intended to be imposed on others

Lenin passed away on 21st Jan. 1924., i.e. approx. nine months after writing this letter. It is not clear whether the relations between Lenin and Stalin had improved during the intervening period of 5-3-1923 and 21-1-1924, either on personal sphere, or on political sphere. Political sphere is more important. We have to explore.
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813 (Part 2/100) of Lenin X Gandhi Comparisons, Future of Global Communism, and Indian Communism

The Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2 2016, is a few days ahead. As usual, there will be a public holiday, so that Government Employees can play cards the whole day, booze, or visit pubs, or go to dance bars, or hang around TV sets, or do whatever they like, except studying at least for one day, what Gandhiji had said or practised during his life time, what methods Gandhiji used in the various movements led by him such as Non-Co-operation Movement, Salt SatyAgraha, Quit India Movement. Of course, officially Governments will order closure of meat shops and wine shops. Okay, let us have this annual ritual, as true Indians whose penchant for rituals is well-known globally.

In the last post, I have given some links for download of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Collected works of Lenin. I have also given one link to a 1930 article by a Indo-British Labor Leader of those days Shapurji Saklatvala, with the article titled 'Who is this Gandhi?". Along with that I have also given a 'memoriam' about late Shapurji Saklatvala.

Now, I provide below a link to a telegram by Late Lenin, soon after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, addressed to his associates. Click to go to Telegram to Comrades Kuraev, Bosh, Minkin, and other Penza communists at Marxists.org.

I also quote excerpts from the telegram:

Written: August 11, 1918
Source: From the Library of Congress exhibit Revelations from the Russian Archives: Collectivization and Industrialization: “Hanging order”, p. 1 & p. 2.
Translated: Prof. Richard B. Day, of the University of Toronto Mississauga (2008)
qTranscription & Markup: Kevin Goins (2008)
Public Domain: Lenin Internet Archive (2008). You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit “Marxists Internet Archive” as your source.

Russian Federated Soviet Republic
Chairman of the Council Of People’s Commissars From Moscow, the Kremlin. 11-VIII-08
To Penza

To Comrades Kuraev, Bosh, Minkin and other Penza communists.

Comrades! The uprising by the five kulak volosts must be mercilessly suppressed. The interest of the entire revolution demands this, for we are now facing everywhere the “final decisive battle” with the kulaks. We need to set an example.

1. You need to hang (hang without fail, so that the people see) no fewer than 100 of the notorious kulaks, the rich and the bloodsuckers.
2. Publish their names.
3. Take all their grain from them.
4. Appoint the hostages — in accordance with yesterday’s telegram.

This needs to be done in such a way that the people for hundreds of versts around will see, tremble, know and shout: they are throttling and will throttle the bloodsucking kulaks.

Telegraph us concerning receipt and implementation.
Yours, Lenin.
PS. Find tougher people.

ybrao-a-donkey's humble comments. वैबीराव एक गधे के विनम्र राय . వైబీరావ్ గాడిద వినమ్ర వాణి. You have every right to differ with me. I respect your right. आपको मेरे मत से भिन्न राय रखने के संपूर्ण हक है। मै उस अधिकार को परिपूर्ण रूप से गौरव देता हुँ. మీకు, మీ భిన్నమైన అభిప్రాయాన్ని కలిగిఉండే సంపూర్ణ హక్కు ఉంది. దానిని ఎంతో నేను గౌరవిస్తాను. However, pl. examine this donkey's views also. परन्तु एस गधे के दृष्टिकोण को भी अनुशीलन कीजिये. కానీ ఈ గాడిద దృష్టికోణాన్ని కూడ ఓర చూపుతో కంటజూడుమీ, క్రీగంట జూడమీ.

I do not want to eulogise or criticse Late Lenin, because we do not know the grassroot level scenario prevailing in Russia of 1917. I am more interested for the 'Indian Context", that too "India 2016".

Similarly, I do not want to eulogise or criticise Mahatma Gandhi's leadership and working styles, because he had his own set of priorities and problems. His topmost priority, obviously was to lead India to freedom, and that he had done to the best of his ability. There might have taken place many meritorious things and some undesirable things. Anyway, whatever had happened at that time is history. It will be suffice if facts are recorded by historians in a "mirror-like manner".

In the above telegram, Lenin was asking his associates to hang at least 100 kulaks.

Kulak definition as per Merrium Webster Dictionary: 1. A prosperous or wealthy peasant farmer in 19th century Russia. 2 : a farmer characterized by Communists as having excessive wealth.

In Indian context, we can call them landlords, big farmers. For sometime, when P.V. Narasimha Rao as Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh tried to bring in Land Reforms, some fragmentation took place in AP, and it appeared as though there are few landlords left in Andhra Pradesh. Probably, a similar thing might have happened in Bengal and Kerala. In some other States administered by other bourgeoisie parties like Congress, BJP, RJD, Samajvadi, BSP, etc. etc. some sort of facade-land-reforms might have taken place.

2016 Indian Situation, is definitely different. Owing to continuous fragmentation which took place among children of farmers, while the number of small and marginal farmers, landless agricultural laborers, unwritten-tenant farmers has gone up, simultaneously several pieces of small land holdings were purchased in benami names by nouveau riche

Simple Definition of nouveau riche as per Merriam Webster Dictionary:

: a person who has recently become rich and who likes to spend a lot of money.

of Society consisting of industrialists and business magnets, politicians and bureaucrats, film stars, cricketers, successful lawyers and doctors, corrupt Govt. engineers etc. In other words, the old class of kulaks (in Telugu we can probably call them 'peda rAyuDu') have been replaced by the modern kulaks.

Maoists hiding in forests tried the techniques of killing kulaks and contractors, probably some rural money-lenders. They have also killed some villagers, calling them informers. They have also indulged in killing some low-level police employees treating them as enemies. But, ultimately, they could achieve nothing in India, except extracting moneys from contractors. Some surrendered Maoists like Nayeem, Sambasivudu (et al) have even established their own empires of criminal extortions.

The Empire established by Lenin in U.S.S.R. (erstwhile Soviet Union) through MASS KILLINGS as proven by the above telegram, did not last long. About Lenin's administration of his so called new Communist Society, we shall take up later. Soon after death of Lenin, the Russian Empire went into the hands of Stalin, who was nothing but a tyrant.

What I wish that we should study in the reigns of Lenin and Stalin is, whether Collective Farming Methods had brought any improvements in the lives of the then Russian Working Class. If there were failures, gradual atrophy till 1991 dissolution of Soviet Union, possible reasons for such failures, we have to study. What I am tempted to say is: Why should we throw away baby with the bathwater? Why not we identify what went wrong in the Russian and East European Experimentations of so-called Socialism-Communism? We know that Chinese Communism is a total failure, as can be seen from China2016.

To continue. Subject to further editing to remove anything illegal/unlawful. सशेष. సశేషం.