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SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE Introduction two approach after marx Lenin MN Roy MN  Roy  didn't  want Communist International should support nationalist parties believed that indian bourgeoise will join hands with imperialist masters and betray the masses like german Sudipto Kaviraj : MN roy committed the guilt of  hetronomy comparing two different situations and extrapolating Lenin support the nationalist parties after freedom, work for communist revolution JP Narayan , Acharya Narendra Dev , Minoo Masani : leninist congress socialist reiterated their faith in nationalism accepted political promise of INC preferred radicalising congress from within Aurbindo Ghosh : first person to criticise middle class orientation of congress Lala Lajpat Rai : concerned about workers Pt. Nehru, SC Bose, Pattabhi Sitaramiya : socialistic orientations JP Narayan : book- Why Socialism? 1935 gandhi's programme was dreamy india needs socialist revolution later on got influenced by gandhi suppor...

MARXIST PERSPECTIVE Introduction not homogenous, disagreement wrt role of gandhi and INC scholars MN Roy SA Dange RP Dutt AR Desai Sumit Sarkar EMS Namboodripad Hiren Mukherjee Prof. Irfan Habib SA Dange : first to analyse gandhi compared gandhi with lenin does recognise it as mass movement, gandhi learnt from masses Prof. Subrat Mukherjee : book- Essays in Marxist Theory and Practice MN Roy provided first critique of Gandhi from Marxist perspective MN Roy;  book- India in Transition analysed role of gandhi and congress critical of gandhi calling off NCM gandhi's was bourgeoise leader and programme not for masses RP Dutt : book- India Today critical of Gandhi calls him 'Mascot of Bourgeoise' AR Desai  book- Social background of Indian Nationalism gandhi's views emerged out of need of bourgeoise first leader to understand importance of masses in movement convert movement into multi class mass movements EMS Namboodripad : book- Gandhiyam Gandhisavum gandhi's approach ...