by A. J. PHILIP
I do not know who said, “If you are not a Communist in your young age and remain a Communist in your old age, there is something wrong with you”. So I consider it as part of my normal growth that I gravitated to the Left, particularly the CPM, during my student days.
Autobiographies of leaders like A.K. Gopalan and E.M.S. Namboodiripad had a profound influence on me. I got my lessons in Communism from EMS’ writings in the CPM mouthpieces “Deshabhimani” and “Chintha”. I was always proud of narrating my first and last encounter with AKG.
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