About the Book: Interpreting The World To Change It
Born in 1945 in Odisha, India, to parents who were deeply committed to the
Communist cause as members of the Communist Party of India, Patnaik is one of
the most outstanding economists of his generation and a leading Marxist
theoretician in the world today. Through his work as an academic, he has
contributed immensely to developing a theoretical understanding of Indias
economy and society, and the tactics and strategy needed to change it in a
socialist direction. Patnaik is better known as a leading theoretician of the
Left who has kept alive the need for advancing