Party in search of a Sardar

Swami Vivekananda is by no stretch of imagination a Marxist or even remotely aligned to the economic or political thought of the German philosopher. But that did not stop the young Marxists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, a frontal organisation of the CPI(M), to celebrate the Hindu renaissance hero in Kerala last year. Vivekananda justifiably belongs to the pantheon of religious leaders who recast Hinduism to suit the times.

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