The fortunes of the Left in India are not going to change dramatically just by effecting a change in its leadership. Writer Arundhati Roy, who was in Chennai to receive the 'Ambedkar Sudar' award conferred by the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, was pessimistic about the chances of the Left emerging as a credible opposition to the politics of the Hindu Right, which has sought to combine communal polarisation with corporate-driven economic development. Read