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Price: Rs. 340. This is the book compiled from the articles he contributed to Hindustan Times for more than a decade. This fortnightly column 'Left Hand Drive' began when he was the Rajya Sabha member and continued till he became general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). This column revealed his versatile knowledge in flying colours. He dealt with many varied subjects. Not to say of politics and economics, he wrote so effectively on caste, communalism, science, culture, art, sports etc. The rich content of the articles displays deep research capabilities of Yechury. We can see the concise writing style of Yechury also in this series. As these articles have length restraints from the editors, he explained and analyzed the subject fully within the prescribed space. SITARAM YECHURY (1952-2024) Was General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), has done his Post graduation in Economics with distinction from JNU, served as the All India President of Student's Federation of India. He worked as Editor of CPI(M) Central Weekly, Peoples Democracy and served as member of Rajyasabha from 2005 to 2017. As a versatile writer, he penned various books, among them are, What is this 'Hindu Rashtra', Socialism in 21st Century, Communalism vs Secularism and edited The Great Revolt: A Left Appraisal, Global Economic Crisis - A Marxist Perspective, Confronting Challenges, memorial Lectures and some speeches, Modi Government and New Surge of Communalism and Strengthening Ideological Struggles selected speeches and writings. Left Hand Drive 2 volume collection.