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Books / Arun Som: translation genius who brought Soviet books to Bengali masses

After a decades-long pause, publishers in India are now reissuing Bengali translations of great Soviet works of literature and science in large numbers.

24 Sep 2024 , Za Pobedu!
USSR / An introduction to the life and times of Maxim Gorky

Celebrating 150 years since the birth of the great Soviet writer and pioneer of socialist realism.

23 Jun 2019 , Lalkar
Books / Charles Dickens, champion of the poor

The first novelist to put working-class people at the heart of story.

1 Jun 2012 , Proletarian

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Culture / Shakespeare: bard of a rising class

What is the secret of Shakespeare’s enduring appeal, and why should workers today be interested in his writings?

10 May 2019, Proletarian TV

Great writers theory

Culture / Celebrating Shakespeare: a Marxist-Leninist perspective

Part 1. The times make the man: Shakespeare’s historical context

1 Jun 2016, Proletarian