Artist: Abhishek Hazra This is a handwritten manuscript of the Bengali translation of The Communist Manifesto authored by Marx and Engels. The author of this handwritten copy has expressed the desire to remain anonymous. However he wishes to inform everyone that he remains steadfast in his complete dedication to the communist cause. The Bengali text from which this manuscript has been copied by hand is a translation from the version published by Progress Publishers, Moscow. The Bengali copy has been done in a slim bound volume of the kind that is also popular among impecunious high school students in certain parts of India. The Bengali translation of the Communist Manifesto can be obtained very easily and at surprisingly low prices in West Bengal, India. Bengal has had a democratically elected communist government since 1977. All though much before 1977, there has always been an important leftist, Marxist presence in the state. However, it is not the question of availability that had prompted the author to copy the entire manifesto by hand. It was a labour of love. He also wanted to anoint ebay with the holy presence of that great seer who actually spoke more about capitalism than about communism.