Exasperating Essays

CONTENTS

1. The Function of Leadership in a Mass Movement (1939)
2. The Bourgeoisie Comes of Age in India (1948)
3. On The Class Structure of India (1954)
4. On The Revolution in China (1957)
5. Science and Freedom (1952)
6. On The Trial of Sokrates (1939)
7. The Decline of Buddhism in India (1958)
8. The Kanpur Road (1939)
9. The Quality of Renunciation in Bhartrihari’s Poetry (1941)
10. Imperialism and Peace (1951)

Introduction

Exasperating Essays is a collection of a few important There is a renewed interest in Kosambi’s writings throughout the world. These essays have been digitized and put in the public domain to facilitate research on Kosambi’s work.

Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi was a renaissance scientist. He did path-breaking work as a professional mathematician. But he shall always be remembered as a pioneering Indologist who gave a unique perspective on Indian history. He termed the Communist Party of India as Official Marxists (OM). We soon plan to translate the lone biography (in Marathi) of D.D. Kosambi by Chintamani Deshmukh into English.

Arvind Gupta