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The desire for one strong, unifying leader is one draw, though experience shows voters don't go by charisma alone and only stars with a movement behind them tend to be successful
A spectre is haunting Kerala, the spectre of Communalism. Paraphrasing Marx’s Manifesto seems apt at this time when Marxism survives as discredited dogma and Marxists an endangered species. Left with an obsolete textbook for connecting the masses against the classes, our leftover Leftists are looking for new ways to reach Stalinist paradise. But it’s a Faustian bargain Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has struck with polarisation. The 75-year-old Comrade is a classic example of the Marxist muddle; his party CPI(M) abhors religion and regionalism but is now socialising with sectarian...