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jagmohan

March 23rd, 2005, 10:14 AM

rohittewatia

March 23rd, 2005, 11:22 AM

Long Live bhagat singh!

nvedwan

March 23rd, 2005, 01:55 PM

Thanks Jagmohan Ji for reminding us of this important anniversary.

Bhagat Singh was truly a remarkable individual: fiercely independent, supremely courageous, and highly thoughtful--a combination quite unusual in men. Let us remember for a moment what he stood for, in other words, what motivated him to sacrifice his life. He was a far more complex man than is represented in popular culture, including some pathetic films that are supposedly based on his life. It is important to remember that he was all of 23 years old when he was executed. Given below is an excerpt about his ideology:

Bhagat Singh and his Revolutionary ideas

Bhagat Singh and his comrades also gave expression to their understanding that the revolution meant the development and organization of a mass movement of the exploited and suppressed sections of the society. Just before his execution he said "the revolutionary are in villages and factories". In a letter from jail he wrote "Peasants have to liberate themselves not only from the foreign yoke but also from the landlords and capitalists. In his last message of 1931, he declared that struggle in India would continue so long as "a handful of exploiters go on exploiting the labour of common people for their own ends. It matters little whether these exploiters are British capitalists, British and Indians in alliance, or purely Indians.

Bhagat Singh defined socialism in a scientific way. To him It meant abolition of capitalism and class domination. He fully accepted Marxism and the class approach to society. In fact he saw himself above all as a precursor and not a maker of revolution, as a propagator of the ideas of socialism and communism, as a humble initiator of the socialist movement in India.

Bhagat Singh was a great innovator in two areas of politics. Being fully consciously secular, he understood more clearly that communalism is the major danger posed to the nation and the national movement. He often told his audience that communalism is as dangerous as colonialism.

For his famous essay "Why I am an atheist", see below (5-6 Oct 1930)
This is a must read!

http://www.tarksheel.com/nastikeng.htm

rkumar

March 23rd, 2005, 02:23 PM

Thanks a lot Neeraj for posting the article written by Bhagat Singh. No doubt, he was a great thinker and full of inner conviction and strength..

Rajendra

harish

March 23rd, 2005, 02:50 PM

Yaa I would also like to repeat thanks for reminding Col. MALIK and neeraj for posting this rare article. Being from a saheed family, I with all my family members do salute this great saheed and BHARAT MATA KA SAPOOT. Thanks a lot Col. mailk for postinf thread.
harish vahsisth

stokas

March 23rd, 2005, 11:53 PM

He had a true devotion for his nation.
Couldn't imagine, how young was he at the time of his execution.
We should definitely remember this spirited true Indian.
Thanks to Col Malik and all, for remembering this great devotee of Bharat Mata.
I salute Bhagat Singh for his pure love to our independence and his sacrifice.

Shailendra

raj_rathee

March 24th, 2005, 12:05 AM

Hmmm..

I didn't know that Bhagat Singh was such a well read and well spoken
man. The article is very well written.

Can someone remind me what education level Bhagat Singh had acquired.

Thanks...

nvedwan

March 24th, 2005, 12:47 AM

Hmmm..

I didn't know that Bhagat Singh was such a well read and well spoken
man. The article is very well written.

Can someone remind me what education level Bhagat Singh had acquired.

Thanks...

Hi, Raj:
I think he was at DAV, Lahore, pursuing a BA, but dropped out before finishing it. I knew someone whose father was a classmate of Bhagat Singh's, who used to recall how even during his brief college stint, his brilliance was noticed by everyone. In the "Why I am an Atheist" article he emphasizes self-studying to advance understanding, which I think is the key to understand him. For instance, his knowledge of the Russian Revolution could not have come from the DAV curriculum. His views on a range of issues--including his questioning attitude towards his fellow revolutionaries-- reveal a non-conformist to the bone which he was. The level of intellectual maturity he attained at such as young age and his ability to reflect so dispassionately on events that concerned him--in fact were of life and death importance--while being in the eye of the storm show superhuman resilience and intelligence.

raj_rathee

March 24th, 2005, 12:58 AM

Hi, Raj:
I think he was at DAV, Lahore, pursuing a BA, but dropped out before finishing it. I knew someone whose father was a classmate of Bhagat Singh's, who used to recall how even during his brief college stint, his brilliance was noticed by everyone. In the "Why I am an Atheist" article he emphasizes self-studying to advance understanding, which I think is the key to understand him. For instance, his knowledge of the Russian Revolution could not have come from the DAV curriculum. His views on a range of issues--including his questioning attitude towards his fellow revolutionaries-- reveal a non-conformist to the bone which he was. The level of intellectual maturity he attained at such as young age and his ability to reflect so dispassionately on events that concerned him--in fact were of life and death importance--while being in the eye of the storm show superhuman resilience and intelligence.

Well said Neeraj. I think that self study must have been the key. (I didn't have
time to go through the entire article. Will do so at leisure).

His writing style is well developed too. I wonder who the professors were during that period...and teachers in school. I suppose these may have been Britishers ?
It would have been unlikely that Indian teachers would be able to develop
these English language skills during that era....?

Or maybe I am completely off.....

shailendra

March 24th, 2005, 01:20 AM

Let us spare few moments and remember Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

One of the most loved son of 'Bharat Mata' was hanged at Lahore on this day 74 years ago. Those whose heart beats for the nation still remember and adore this great man.

A time to reflect on 'What could have been'!!

...Shaheed Bhagat Singh was an amazing person!!! Salute to him and the other freedom fighters!...
(apparently he was also highly influenced and revered the great Chandrashekhar Azad! Azad, Another lion of the freedom struggle, supposedly used to fondly recite a Hindustani couplet, his only poetic composition: 'Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, azad hee rahenge')

virmaramjyani

March 24th, 2005, 03:11 AM

bhagat singh was great thinker with great ideas for india.

chhoraharyanada

March 24th, 2005, 03:42 AM