‘End of an era’ could be a cliché as far as obits go. Yet, for Velikkakath Sankaran Achuthanandan, nothing could be more apt. Not just because the former Chief Minister of Kerala was the last survivor among the 32 founders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) who walked out of the Communist Party of India's National Council in 1964 to form the new party. But he was also the last of India’s Communist titans who had carved a niche for themselves in the country’s political history through their struggles, sacrifices, integrity, and deep commitment to the downtrodden.
