Posted March 20, 2026
KUNAL CHATTOPADHYAY IS a retired professor of comparative literature at Jadavpur University. He has been active as a Fourth Internationalist since 1980. He is a leader of Radical Socialist, the Indian section of the Fourth International (FI), and editor of its publication. Solidarity is the U.S. section.
Kunal has written many articles for Against the Current, the Solidarity Webzine, International Viewpoint, Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières, and other FI-related publications. See the links below.
An eloquent plea by Kunal’s daughter, Nayanika Chattopadhyay, on the Indian crowdfunding platform MILAAP explains his situation:
My name is Nayanika Chattopadhyay, and I am raising funds for my father, Kunal Chattopadhyay, a 66-year-old retired professor who is battling an aggressive form of cancer — Dual Primary High-Grade TCC Urothelial and Prostatic Carcinoma…
Due to the aggressive nature of the disease, his age, and early relapse, doctors have recommended immunotherapy, which is currently the most effective treatment option available…
[After several claims rejections, my father’s health insurance] policy was cancelled by the insurance company, leaving us to cover all expenses ourselves…
So far, we have been managing the expenses through our life savings, my father’s retirement funds, and loans from friends and family
However, given the lapse in my father’s insurance coverage and the extremely high cost of ongoing immunotherapy, these resources will soon be exhausted.
To continue the remaining treatment cycles and give my father a real chance at recovery, we urgently need ₹62 lakhs [$66,000].
My father has spent his life teaching and mentoring students. In addition, he has dedicated his life to political and social activism, which brings no personal profit but fights for social justice.
Kunal continues to write as he fights for his life. Please follow this link and contribute what you can:
Help Retired Professor Kunal Chattopadhyay Fight An Aggressive Cancer
Links to articles by Kunal Chattopadhyay
Radical Socialist, of which Kunal is editor
Against the Current, to which Kunal is a contributor
Analyzing the Results of the Indian Election (2024)
Class Struggle and the Pandemic (2020)
Communal War in Gujarat, India (2002)
Unsigned articles by Radical Socialist
Paul Le Blanc’s review of Kunal Chattopadhyay’s 2006 book The Marxism of Leon Trotsky
Solidarity Webzine, to which Kunal is a contributor
Six articles by Kunal Chattopadhyay
International Viewpoint
Eleven articles by Kunal Chattopadhyay
Fifty unsigned articles by Radical Socialist
Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Thirty-four articles by Kunal Chattopadhyay
One hundred twelve unsigned articles by Radical Socialist
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