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The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was published in London on February 21, 1848. It was commissioned by the Communist League, and became a foundational text for communism. With its famous call, “Workers of the World, Unite”, it asked the toiling masses to overthrow capitalism and establish their rule. Manifesto outlined not only the scientific methodology of revolution, but also the path to achieve it.

"Blood is calling to blood. Arise, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms. There, in front of you, is the road our pioneers have built. We shall march on that road. We should carve our way through the enemy's ranks, or, if God wills, we shall die a martyr's death. And in our last sleep, we shall kiss the road which will bring our army to Delhi. The road to Delhi is the road to freedom. On to Delhi."

Lenin, the guide and carrier of the 1917 Great October Socialist Revolution and architect of the first socialist state in the world, was 54 years old when he died on January 21, 1924. Lenin was identified with the theory and practice of the prime event of the 20th century, the Great October Revolution.

NEW YORK: By the time most Americans encounter war today, it is not through a history book or a foreign correspondent’s dispatch. It is through a controller, a headset, and a glowing screen. The battlefield is digital, the weapons are pixel-perfect, and the pace is relentless.

KOLKATA: Inarguably an author who penned the joys and woes of a marginalized populace and had a life style in which the people she wrote about were an integral part of, Mahasweta Devi's works began where histories fell silent. Had she been around now, the author who continued to be an activist till her last breath would not have cared a hoot at her birth centenary celebration. She got many literary awards, but she was remembered as the activist who worked for the upliftment of tribals in Bengal as also in other states. Mahasweta was born in 2026 and passed away in 2016 at the age of 90.

NEW DELHI: At the ongoing world Book Fair 2026, In New Delhi, Abu Dhabi-based Muslim Elders Council organised a panel discussion on ‘AI for Humanity: Religious Perspective on Ethical AI’, chaired by former ambassador Dr Zikrur Rehman, former Indian Ambassador to erstwhile Palestinian Authority (PA) and consul general in Riyadh.

KOLKATA: Youth can gain a positive energy and power with no limits. Human creativity is at its best and the ’never say die’ spirit is at its climax. Demographically, the nation of today is at its youngest best. Envisage the prospective energy in these millions of young Indians and you can then fathom the fact that we could face any challenge as a Nation.

Not known to be a filmmaker with a penchant for rainbow themes, Bela Tarr's films stood apart for their unconventional method of direction and issues which stayed in the minds of the audience long after they have left the movie theatres. If the works of the Hungarian filmmaker who passed away on January 6 were sans traditional plotting, charmed by his films' languid pacing, stark black-and- white visuals and extended long takes, the movie buffs asked more. He was 70.

NEW YORK: Jack London’s journey as a socialist and a writer is a story of dramatic ascent and tragic decline. His socialism grew from lived experience: childhood poverty, hard labour in factories, and first-hand exposure to capitalism’s exploitative logic, crystallised in 1894. He was born on January 12, 1876 and died on November 22, 1916 at the age of only 40. The literary world in America as also in other countries is observing his 150th birth anniversary remembering his great career as a writer and activism in his short span of four decades.

Brigitte Bardot, who died at 91, was not merely a movie star. She was an event. Before Madonna, before Jane Birkin, before the age of celebrity-as-performance, Bardot arrived in the 1950s as something both unsettling and liberating: a woman who seemed indifferent to approval. Her beauty was not posed; it existed as if by accident. Her sexuality did not plead; it asserted. And when she abandoned cinema at the height of her fame, she did so without nostalgia or apology.