Saurav- For an Egalitarian India

Shaheed -E -Azam Bhagat Singh- The man with Reason . 28th September, 2015 marks the 108th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He lived for 23 years. In 7 years of political life, he worked tirelessly across length & breadth of this country to make India free from clutches of British colonial rule. He was a well declared atheist but he envisioned India on Secular & Socialistic lines. He believed in critiques & practised reasoning. He often used to say- " A revolutionary believes in reason more than anything . It is to reason & reason alone , that he bows ". Growing religious intolerance in our country needs to be countered by his idea of Independent India. Inquilab Zindabad!

Bhagat Singh- A Well-versed Journalist इंसान को संस्कार सिर्फ माता-पिता या परिवार से ही नहीं मिलते। समाज भी अपने ढंग से संस्कारों के बीज बोता है। पिछली सदी के शुरुआती साल कुछ ऐसे ही थे। उस दौर में संस्कारों और विचारों की जो फसल उगी, उसका असर आज भी दिखाई देता है। उन दिनों गोरी हुक़ूमत ने ज़ुल्मों की सारी सीमाएं तोड़ दीं थीं। देशभक्तों को कीड़े-मकौड़ों की तरह मारा जा रहा था। किसी को भी फांसी चढ़ा देना सरकार का शग़ल बन गया था। ऐसे में जब आठ साल के बालक भगत सिंह ने किशोर क्रांतिकारी करतार सिंह सराभा को वतन के लिए हंसते हंसते फांसी के तख़्ते चढ़ते देखा तो हमेशा के लिए करतार देवता की तरह उसके बालमन के मंदिर में प्रतिष्ठित हो गए। चौबीस घंटे करतार की तस्वीर भगत सिंह के साथ रहती। सराभा की फांसी के रोज़ क्रांतिकारियों ने जो गीत गाया था, वो भगत सिंह अक्सर गुनगुनाया करता। इस गीत की कुछ पंक्तियां थीं – फ़ख्र है भारत को ऐ करतार तू जाता है आज जगत औ पिंगले को भी साथ ले जाता है आज हम तुम्हारे मिशन को पूरा करेंगे संगियो क़सम हर हिंदी तुम्हारे ख़ून की खाता है आज कुछ बरस ही बीते थे कि जलियां वाला बाग़ का बर्...

Britishers left India but part of their draconian law still remains prevalent in our country. Still after Independence we the people & our rights remains on stake, remains exploited. Such an example are exploited citizens are workers of this country. Present Government of India is carrying legacy of suppressing the weaker section, the working class people. Crushing of labour rights has happened. Important Conventions of international Labour Organization (ILO) were distorted. For Example- Convention 87 - Freedom of Association & Protection of Right to Organized Convention. Convention 98 - Right to Organize & Collective Bargaining Convention . Witnessing all these violations of labour laws with implementation of anti-people policies, Central Trade Unions (CTU's) decided to agitate & protest against Government's policies. 2nd September 2015, marks historic All India Strike by Proletariat class. Inquilab Zindabad Long Live Proletariat ! ...

Bhagat Singh's name in real sense became symbol of Indian revolutionary movement like Lenin of Russian revolution . Britishers acknowledged his political inclination & perspective which became a stiff reason to hang him without a fair trail & justice. According to Jatindra Nath Sanyal , a co-accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case & who knew him very well wrote: Bhagat   Singh was an extremely well read man & his special sphere of study was Socialism. The batch of young men that figured in Lahore Conspiracy Case was essentially an intellectual one. But even in this group Bhagat Singh predominanted for his intellectual ascendancy. Though Socialism was his special subject, he had deeply studied the history of Russian revolutionary movement from its beginning in the early 19th century to the October Revolution of 1917. It is generally believed that very few in India could be compared to him in the knowledge of this special subject . The economic exp...

It would be unfair to take one name when it comes on detailing Bhagat Singh & his revolutionary life, he is none other than Dr . Chaman Lal . An authority in this country who rightly pointed out Bhagat Singh's political interest, activities of his revolutionary career. Many hidden facts related to Bhagat Singh & his comrades are being highlighted by Dr. Chaman Lal. His books like Understanding Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh's Jail Notebook Bhagat Singh aur unke saathiyoon k dastawez , are real eye opener for all of us. One such example is this piece of interview of Dr. Chaman Lal, its a landmark assessment of Bhagat Singh in recent time. Long Live Revolution!

The problem of Untouchability ( 1928 )- " Bhagat Singh made a scathing attack on the philosophy ( karmvipak ) of Hinduism, which provides a rationale to a most heinous system of untouchability and caste hierarchy and links the fight against untouchability to revolutionary politics, which shows a concrete understanding of the linkages of religion with caste system in India. He criticised the orthodox social elements as well as the leaders like M. M. Malviya getting publicly garlanded by a scavenger and then purifying himself by taking bath with the clothes. He invokes the principle of equality and demands to abolish the ideas and of discrimination based on birth or social division of labour. He criticises the hierarchical system that treats inhumanly the very sections that render the most essential, most basic services to the society. Finally, he suggests that unless the untouchables – the backbone of this country – organise themselves, the problem of untouchability will find ...

Communal Riots and the Solution - Bhagat Singh said, “ To stop people fighting with one another, it is essential to develop class consciousness ” and he advocates people’s unity transcending the divisions of religion, colour, community, nationality etc., to unite to break the shackles of colonialism and attain economic independence. He cites the example of Soviet Russia and also an incidence from Calcutta where in a riot-charged atmosphere the industrial workers of both Hindu and Muslim communities joined hands to resist the riot as examples of class-consciousness overcoming the social divides. He also expresses hope in the young generation, which was then showing a growing despise towards communal riots. Undivided India witnessed rise of Islamic & Hindu fundamentalists which resulted in riots. A look on riots in pre- Independent India: 11 riots-1923 18 riots- 1924 16 riots- 1925 35 riots - 1926 . Taking up communal violence issue of present India, any g...