Noted International Film Celebrity, Film Movie Director Mani Ratnam’s sixteen year old son Nandan Maniratnam, is attending the CPI(M)’s 19 th All India Party Congress presently being held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
He was seen helping as a volunteer to help the foreign delegates who had come to attend the party congress as special invitees.He has come to attend the party congress on his own.
Nandan Maniratnam, aged 16, is still a XI standard student at an International Residential School, Chennai, doing his school education.It is a mystery that how Nandan Maniratnam was influenced and attracted towards Marxism .But he seemed to be an avid reader of books and his reading habits perhaps introduced him towards Marxism.
Nandan Maniratnam is also an author of a new 27 page pamphlet on Leninism titled ‘Cantours of Leninism’It has articles under five headings, theory, Marxism, Democratic Dictatorship, Materialism and Vanguard. It is on sale at the venue along with other Left literature.
When contacted he told mediapersons that he was impressed by Marxism because it was ‘the most cogent,comprehensive and highly developed complex of theory and practice.
Nandan Maniratnam has not yet thought about the reaction from his parents over his leanings towards Marxism.
Nandan Maniratnam has not yet decided about his future including his joining as a member of the CPI(M) party.