Hindutva’s Desperate Attempt to Use Bhagat Singh Against Love
https://thewire.in/224089/hindutvas-desperate-attempt-use-bhagat-singh-love/ "Love always elevates the character of man. It never lowers him, wrote the young revolutionary in a letter to his comrade in 1929." Come Valentine’s Day, and the Hindutva brigade – comprising organisations such as the Bajrang Dal, Hindu Vahini Sena, Shiv Sena etc – start gearing up to unleash violence on young couples. In the past few years, hooliganism has marked this day in every big city and town. The main reason for this is the Hindutva brigade’s view that Valentine’s Day is against “our culture and tradition”. However, this vicious campaign is not limited to ‘tradition’. Fresh efforts are being made by these organisations to stop Valentine’s Day celebrations by conducting an orchestrated propaganda linking Valentine’s Day with revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s martyrdom day. It is well known that when it comes to twisting facts, appropriating icons of India’s fr...
