When I saw the morning newspaper, I felt terrible. A statue of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Tripura had been razed down by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers using a JCB machine. Not just that, those responsible for the act proceeded to play ‘football’ with Lenin’s head.

Tripura had a Left government for 25 years and the statue of Lenin was installed during that time. Lenin is undoubtedly Communism’s biggest leader and the prime symbol of the 1917 Communist Revolution.