Aiyer-from a Leftist to a Marxist

Every one knows that Mani Shanker Aiyer is a brilliant and articulate man. But that's not a qualification for getting an important portfolio. When he was moved from Petroleum to Panchayti Raj, he felt demoted and marginalised. It was reported that he complained to Sonia Gandhi that he knew nothing about Panchayati Raj. She is believed to have retorted that he knew nothing about petroleum too when he was given that portfolio. The point is you are given a job and you have to excel at it or quit. He claims in his address that he was always a Leftist. So are most people in their teens when they dream of an equal world. But on growing up, they realize that equality does not even exist in the Communist parties’ politburos. He further claims that the economic reforms made him a Marxist. He should honestly admit that it is his dislike for PM, who didn't let him continue and moved him to Panchayati Raj that makes him question why credit for economic reforms should be given to Manmohan Singh. Either way, it amounts to a confession that Economic reforms are not to be discredited. Marxism only created utopian states, which either collapsed (U.S.S.R., for instance) or embraced capitalism like China. Statistics apart, the fact remains that China has recorded phenomenal growth and exceeded India in every part of the economic game. Aiyer for all his frustration should remember that you need to produce more goods and services for every one to have them and social justice does not mean taking away from some to give to others. Can one deny a communication revolution in the country with ordinary masons, plumbers, carpenters and vendors not just flashing mobile phones but using them to get custom? The answer to inequalities lies in finding ways and means to end them and delivering sermons at the CII is surely not the ideal way.