Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- One of the worst things the Marxists did, apart from promising to liberate mankind and failing -- is making class analysis a political matter. So if one discusses class, everyone thinks, the next thing will be a long and boring riff on the imminent revolution that never arrives.

Meanwhile class analysis declines and is about to disappear. The problem is class is even more insistent in our lives than ever before. But no one enjoying it except the rich class.

But what really is class remains elusive because everyone secretly hopes they are upper class though most are not. The result is class confusion not revolution.

Not everything dies and nor does class but new manifestations emerge. A few days back a poster in social...