One does not know if A B Bardhan is getting senile, but his boast about "Sooner or later, Leftists coming to power in India" proves one thing beyond doubt - Leftists are real loonies. If Bardhan really believes in this rubbish, he's welcome to live in his dream world. Latin America is no representative of the world, and if that clown Hugo Chavez is kicked out in the next election, what song will Bardhan and company croak? India has gone through far worse crises in the sixties, when radical Leftists gangs held far more more sway. That period failed to usher in the much-dreamed red revolution. But try telling these communist dreamers some plain facts. The Left is perhaps enamoured of its so-called but non-existent 'intellectual halo bestowed upon it by the Left-leaning media, but when it comes to India ethos, history and atma, even animals have more intellect than these commies! Bardhan and his ilk know nothing of Indian politics, history (both Indian as well as global). Keep croaking, commie. Jaganniwas Iyer