Aaj Theke Class Suru by Shankha Shivpuri [Paperback]

This passage explores the concept of class beyond just school classrooms. It discusses how, in primitive times, there was no concept of class, family, private property, or even the state. The moment humans developed the idea of personal property, the seeds of an exploitative society were sown - one divided into two broad classes.

One class (the majority) toils like beasts, digging, plowing, building, and carrying the burden of society, while the other class thrives on their labour, enjoying privileges and accumulating wealth. This class system, which began then, continues to this day.

Primitive society was not perfect, but did things improve under the master-slave system, or did they worsen? Friedrich Engels, in his book The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, discusses this class-divided society with hard-hitting arguments. This comic book (spanning 56 pages) presents those ideas in an engaging, easy-to-read storytelling style, tracing the journey from primitive egalitarianism to the era of slavery across thousands of years.