This work is a historical document, a real time analysis of the seemingly sudden turns and twists in the "line" of the Communist Party of India, particularly during the period spanning from early 1948 to mid-1950 - a crucial phase in the life of the CPI, also known as the Ranadive period - in response to the cues, often rather abstruse, received from the "headquarter" of world revolution - the CPSU, usually via the Cominform.