ABSTRACT
The first part of the twentieth century saw two major socialist revolutions - one in Russia and the other in China. This chapter looks at Ramananda’s balanced coverage of the rise of the left in the world, of which Britain was extremely critical. The economic success of the Soviet Union raised the hopes of many people in India, but The Modern Review, though impressed by economic success, was not happy that lack of individual freedoms was the price that was paid. The journals focused continued attention on the Soviet Union in view of the rising popularity of the left in India, which was eventually to leave its imprint on the nationalist movement in the fallout between Mahatma Gandhi and Subhas Bose. The journals presented several first-hand accounts of life and struggles in the Soviet Union and China in an attempt to build solidarity with fraternal movements around the world.
