
Karl Marx once wrote: “Even a whole society, a nation, or even all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not the owners of the globe. They are only its possessors, its usufructuaries, and, like boni patres familias, they must hand it down to succeeding generations in an improved condition.” It will be unfortunate if the Indian Marxists fail to perform that responsibility.
The writer is a senior assistant editor with The Indian Express jay.mazoomdaar@expressindia.com