Socialist realism ... lives ?

       I'm not the biggest fan of socialist realism, but I have to say I do find it heartening that there are still flag-bearers somewhere out there: in Frontline S. Dorairaj has a Q & A with 'D. Selvaraj, winner of the Sahitya Akademi award', 'Socialist realism is still relevant'.
       Yes, Selvaraj maintains:

I don't think that socialist realism has become obsolete. Thol is living proof of the relevance of socialist realism, which cannot be replaced by any other 'ism'. Magical realism may be relevant to Latin America, which was under the oppression of the United States.

Post-modernism is only a perverted understanding of life. But socialist realism is dialectical, which sees the transformation in individuals, society and nature. It is a scientific approach.

       Okay, he kind of lost me claiming that it's 'a scientific approach', which is pretty much the last thing I want to see in my fiction, but still.