ABSTRACT
Marx's prescient and acute analyses of the basic laws of capitalist development, refined and modified by numerous schools of political scientists and sociologists, have proven very effective in the examination of different segments of society. India stands out as the place where the two alternatives of the Marxian framework of change have co-existed for several decades with varying degrees of success. In 1957, the communists formed a government in Kerala for the first time, only to be dismissed as soon as they introduced land and education reforms that threatened vested interests. In light of the historical experiences of communist movements and considering the changes taking place in the post-Marxian era. The post-Marxian left in India has to coordinate the interests of diverse actors from many popular movements and design programmes that unite them in a common cause that, in turn, gives priority to their immediate interests and demands but also orients them gradually to the long-term goal of socialist transformation.
