Buddha and Marx: Two paths to similar goals
Two great personalities on earth – the Buddha and Karl Marx – propagated their ideals in different fields of thought in different times.
Two great personalities on earth – the Buddha and Karl Marx – propagated their ideals in different fields of thought in different times.
The reviewer teaches English at the Government-sponsored Sailendra Sircar Vidyalaya, Shyambazar, Kolkata.
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