Democracy and the Fight against Communalism

Democracy and the Fight against Communalism K Balagopal THIS is a belated response to Sumanta Banerjee's ' Sangh Parivar and Democratic Rights' (EPW, August 21, 1993). Belated, hut certainly not loo late, for the issue he has raised is one that we are living with, and will continue to live with for a long time to come. And the attitudes he adopts are part of the legacy of the left that needs to be critically re-thought.