CPM pays grudging tribute to intellectuals
Tirthankar Mitra (http://thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=6&theme=&usrsess=1&id=199397)
KOLKATA, April 14: Stalin was not enamoured of intellectuals. So, grudging respect towards the state's intellectuals by the Stalinist CPI-M not only comes as a surprise, but coupled with a clear criticism of the higher echelons of leadership "to organise them in our favour" is nothing short of amazing.
The publication of a backhanded tribute to intellectuals in the state as well as an admission of shortsightedness on the part the party's policy makers has been published in the CPI-M state committee's political-organisational report of the 22nd party congress. The endeavour to build a confederation of authors, artists and intellectuals after Singur was put on hold according to instructions from the powers that be.
There is nothing unique in the division in the ranks of the intellectuals which widened after Singur and Nandigram, the document observed. There was no end to the resistance of some intellectuals in the past over Left Front's language policy, Maricgjhapi and Bantala.
The rift in the ranks of the intellectuals and theatre workers could have been prevented, had the confederation of intellectuals been established at the state level after Singur, it was observed. The meeting of the theatre workers, authors and artists on 27 March 2007 is a prime example underscoring this point.
Lack of willingness to shoulder responsibility has been ascribed to the slow progress discernible in the organisation of folk artists. These artists, who were active in almost all the districts, barring one or two, in the previous Assembly election, do not even get meagre government assistance, it was noted.
Intellectuals not supporting the party's programmes seems to be worrying the party leadership to no end. There was a marked reluctance among some established intellectuals to wholeheartedly participate in organisational work, but the same set of people are keen to use the platform of the School of Social Science set up in 1973 as a front of the party in the "science movement".
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