Sumit Sarkar

The admittedly slow, difficult, work of reading for the detail, while still critical – albeit of a ‘very heterodox Marxism’ – is still the criteria by which it seems necessary to persevere (even if the tediously slow yet rapid demand for text in publish or perish produces so much pap to wade through). Some historians of note still deserve your time. https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta-edition/29/2026-08-22/page-10/article-423658561.html As I am not sure the link to Ramachandra Guha’s remembrance of Sumit Sarkar will stick. A screen shot of the piece from The telegraph yesterday is here and a pdf below that. From The Telegraph epaper page 10 Saturday, 22 Aug, 2026. All power to the Jadavpur people battling the BjP atrocities this week. Guha on SarkarDownload