Com.Kitty Menon has passed away. She was 90 years old and was serving in the editorial staff of the People’s Democracy. Educated in UK and highly qualified she came to India, taught in JNU and other colleges. From the start she was attracted to Marxism and was active from the student days.

Later she completely engaged with party work and was in People’s Democracy.

Farewell Com.Kitty Menon ! Red salute!

To day  early morning, Com. Gautam Bose (Pappan), son of Com. Moni Bose, informed over phone that Com Parul Bose, wife of the veteran P&T and central Government employees leader Com.K.G.Bose, passed away about half an hour earlier. She was ailing and was under treatment in hospital for some time.

Com. Parul Bose was a teacher and was closely connected with the trade union movement. During the semi-fascist rule in W.Bengal during the 1970s she was attacked with knife by the Congress goondas while she was at the school. She bravely defended and hence could survive. She was a close companion to Com.KG and looked after the family while her husband was mostly away from the house for orgnisational purposes.

She was invited by me to inaugurate the first KG Bose Bhawan in the country (I think so), the union office of the NFPTE at Kozhikode in 1985. Though she was not well, she undertook the tedious journey from Kolkatta to Kozhikode and inaugurated the same. Her presence was a great inspiration to all the workers.

I had the occasion to meet her several times. Whenever I went to Kolkatta and visited Com.Moni Bose at his residence, I will pay my respects to Com. Parul Bose also who was staying in the adjacent house in the same compound. The families of both the brothers Coms.KG and Moni Bose are living as one family.

I contacted Babu ( Dipankar Bose), son of Com.KG, and conveyed our deep grief and condolences. Com. Animesh Mitra, Circle secretary, W.Bengal and other comrades of BSNLEU are reaching at the residence and assisting inmaking all arrangements for the funeral etc. She was a part of the telecom movement also.

Red Salute to Com. Parul Bose!

The birth centenary celebrations of the Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore concluded on his 150^th birth anniversary on 9^th May 2012. The last one year, the celebrations were going on throughout India and specially in W.Bengal and Bangla Desh.

My respectful homage to the great poet, scholar and saint!

Mother of Com. R.Venkatraman, Wkg. President of TEPU passed away today at 2100 hours. She was 86. She was suffering from some ailments and was hospitalised  two days back.

I convey my heartfelt condolences to Com.Venkatraman, the bereaved family and friends.

Today, 20th February 2012, is the 5th death anniversary of Comrade Chittabrata Majumdar, the former All India General Secretary of the CITU and a veteran trade union leader.  Com. Chittabrata born in August 14, 1935 in the district of Dacca in the undivided Bengal, in the young age itself entered the trade union movement and became an important trade union functionary of W.Bengal. He was the state Secretary of the CITU W.Bengal for a long period. He functioned as Minister in the first Left Front Government.

He was elected as the All India General Secretary of CITU in the Chennai Conference in 2004 and re-elected in the Bangalore Conference in 2007. Com. Chittabrata Majumdar was closely connected with the P&T Trade Union movement and helped and guided BSNL Employees Union in its onward march. He was always available for consultation and guidance despite his serious illness and the heavy responsibilities as a Member of Parliament, GS of CITU and Polit Bureau Member of CPI(M). He attended our Gauhati AIC and addressed.

I pay my respectful homage to the memory of this great TU leader. Red Salute to Com. Chittabrata Majumdar!

The nation remembers and pays its respectful homage to Gandhiji on his 64th death anniversary today, 30th January 2012. Gandhiji was shot dead by a Hindu fanatic on this day in 1948, almost 6 months after India won Independence under his leadership. At 1100 hours today, the entire nation pays homage by standing still and observing silence.

Sukumar Azhikode, famous writer, orator and social critic passed away yesterday at Trissur, Kerala. His works and speeches covered every sector, political, cultural, social and what not? He has written and published many books. He was bedridden for about one month due to cancer.

He was given last farewell by thousands including ministers, cultural leaders, students, workers and all at Payyambalam Beach Kannur, where he was cremated.

His death is a very big loss to the people of Kerala, nay India, as a whole.

On January 23rd 1897, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was born. He was the President of the Indian National Congress elected in 1938 and 1939. He took active leadership in the Independence struggle and formed Azad Hind Fauz to fight against the British. He formed the All India Forward Block. He died under mysterious circumstances (probably) on 18th August 1945. He was the youth and Socialist face of Congress along with Jawaharlal Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan. My Revolutionary Greetings to Comrade Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary.

History was created when the Soviet Union was born through revolution of 1917, removing the hated czar and starting the rule of the people. The Communist USSR within a short time advanced in all spheres including space travel. The mighty military of fascist Hitler met its Waterloo in Russia. The Red army of the Soviet Union reached Berlin, the capital of Hitler and raised the Red flag on the German Reichstag (Parliament on 1st May 1945 heralding the end of the II World War. The USSR helped many colonial countries including India in getting independence.

Comrade V.I.Lenin was the leader and architect of the great Russian Revolution. From 1917 to 1924 till his death he led the government and defended it from the attack of the combined imperialist forces. He was a revolutionary in all senses.

I pay respectful homage to Comrade Lenin! Red Salute to Comrade Lenin!

To day is the third death anniversary of one of the great trade union leaders of the country, Comrade E.Balanandan.  Throughout his entire life, he fought for the interest of the working class. From an ordinary worker, an electrician, he rose to as one of the top most TU leader in the country. He was the President of the CITU for a long time. He continued as a PBM of the CPI(M) for a long period. He functioned as a Member of Parliament also.

He was very closely connected with the P&T Trade Union movement. He was guide and advisor to the BSNL Employees Union. At all times of crises, he was there to help us. I was personally very close to him and I sought his advise in all trade union matters. He took our issues inside and outside parliament.

On his death anniversary, I pay my respectful homage to this revolutionary leader! Red Salute to Comrade Balanandan!