PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 2007 ID-68570
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these questions are being raised in the 20th century... we can worship animals but we.
don't allow fellow human beings to sit next to us... Now the question arises what is the.
.
correct solution to this problem?First and foremost it_should be decided that all _human Towards tbe1DD111 Birth Annlversarv of Shaheed BhaaatSingh.
beings are equal and that neither are they born dtfferent nor can they be different Hum wah hain jo maut se darte nahin.
based on the division of labour. The system where just because a child is born in the [We are those who death don't fearhouse of a poor mason has to necessarily do the same work is preposterous... It is the hum woh hain jo mar ke bhi marte nahin Those who die yet alive appear]responsibility of the councils and the assemblies to ensure full freedom ofopportunities to avail the facilities of schools, colleges, wells and roads. It should not ..en J.Oin. merely be verbal assurances but it should be ensured that they use the same well and get ::l -fol!owed by a film showadmission in the schools.' [emphasis added] en 11~a_.a_ tbelegeod al bhllatstngb.
The situation even in the 2151 .
century doesn,t seem any different as far as the caste :l I at k.v grounds.
assemble at.
discrimination against dalits is concerned. Incidents of Jhajjhar, Gohana are grim reminders of c: J&.
the pathetic and precarious situation that the dali1s are in in our country. In such a situation the ...... ~.OQS uanuadhababasic idea of Bhagat Singh of providing opportunities to the dalits in every walk of life is to some 9P.DL 2'P S8Plextent addressed in the fonn of reservation that are being given to the dalits though much more Friends, We are going to celebrate the 10()111 birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, one of.
needs to be done in this regard. Yet.what we see ironically is that an out and out casteist the foremost revolutionary freedom fighters of our country, on 27tn September, 2007. This yearorganizationlike the Youth for (ln)Equality which believes in maintaining this discriminatory social.
order and perpetuate the social discrimination that the deprived sections have been subjected to also happens to be the 60th year of our independence from British colonialism and 15Qih year of.
1857, the first war of Indian independence. All these coincidences matter all the more when wefor ages in our country also uses Bhagat Singh as a role model in their campaign. Nothing could.
be more absurd. look at them in the current political juncture of our country where quite contrary to the anti-An inspirationtor the voutb imperialist legacy of Bhagat Singh and our freedom struggle, the dispensation at the centr~ isIn the present times of individualism and careerism, where thinking about the society at large or hell-bent on aligning with the greatest imperialist power of the day,the United States of Amenca.about playing a role in bringing about achange in the unjust nature of the society that we live in Revisiting the principles, ideas and values that Bhagat Singh stood and sacrificed his life for.
is considered at best an ~.
in these tumultuous times. In a leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 8th April 1929, hebecause it is 'dirty', Bhagat Singh's life and martyrdom should act as an inspiration for the role stated that 'it is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill th.e id~as. Great empi_res ~rumbledthat the youth of this country can play. Bhagat Singh was executed by the British at an early age while the ideas survived.' The crux of the ideas of the revolutJonanes was exemplified rn two ofof 23 i.e. an age much younger than most of us in this university. His selfless commitment their slogans; 'Down with Imperialism' and 'lnquilaJ?.Zin_daba~' . [Long Uve th.e Revolution] .
aberration' or where students are expected to stay away from politics would be a tribute to this great young thinker and should act as an inspiration for us as students .
towards the freedom of this country at such an early age itself is best exemplified in a letter that which explains their basic understanding about the British 1mpenal1sm and the kind of system.
he wrote to his father before leaving home,'My life has already been committed to anoble cause-the cause of the freedom of India. For that it should be replaced with. These simple yet .Profoun~ slog~n~ were to become the.
cornerstone of their struggle. It is also important to go mto details of h1s '.deas. because today wethat reason comforts and worldly desires have no attractjon in my life' [emphasis.
added] see that a wide range of political formations starting from the extreme nQht hke the RS~ or theSo principled, determined and fearless was Bhagat Singh that he wrote the following lines to his casteist forces like the YFE to the centrist Congress to the naxals tJymg to appropnate the.
legacy of Bhagat Singh. .
_.
father after his father tried to ask for mercy from the British to save his son from the gallows:.
'Let me be candid. I feel as though I have been stabbed at the back. Had any other person Against Imperialism and in favour of Nauonal Soveretantv.
done it, I would have considered it to be nothing short of treachery. But in your case, let me Today when we witness a paradigmatic shift in the foreign P?licy of our country where the UPAsay that it has been aweakness, aweakness of the worst type.' is interested in realigning itself towards the US by playmg second fiddle. to the g~test.
imperialist power of our times, it is indee~ quite ironic ~at.
To the youth of the country he had the following message which seems so relevant even today l~g~ndary leaders ~~~e Bhagat S1ngh.
had sacrificed their lives for the cause agarnst the then 1mpenahst power, t~and calls upon all of us as the youth of this country to live up to the expectations of this legendary .e B~tish.. ..
leader of our freedom movement. ..
Bhagat Sin~h was quite moved at a very young age by the tyranny of British 1mpenahsmwh1ch.
[The revolution] requires neither the emotion nor the death but the life of constant struggle, was epitom1sed during his time in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was on!Y 12. years of agesuffering and sacrifice. Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal when on the orders of General Dyer more than 1,000 innocent people.were k1lled rn cold blood..
comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed. It needs courage, He went to collect asample of the soil from Jallianwala Bagh as a remmder for aresolve to fight.
perseverance and very strong detennination. No difficulties and no hardship shall against the imperialist onslaught.. ..
The understanding of Bhaga.t Srngh an~ hrs comrades on how ~o. . ..
discourage you. No failure and betrayals shall dishearten you. No travails (!) Imposed upon dramatically after they were disgruntled WJth the C~ngress , fight 1mpe~alrsm changed.
.
you shall snuff out the revolutionary will in you. Through the ordeal of suffering and massively growing Non-Cooperation movement usrng t~e Cha~n Ch~u~ rnc1de~t as ~n.excuse..
sacrifice you shall come out victorious. And these Individual victories shall be the leade~hlp ssu~~nWithdrawal of the.
valuable assets of revolution. [emphasis added] He was greatly influenced by the Leninist understandmg on m~penaltsm and rmpenahst ~rs.
Sd/-which comes out clear from their statement made to the sessron's court after he along With.
.
Roshan, president, SFI-JNU Sd/-Rajguru and Sukhdev were arrested for throwing a bomb in thelegislative assembly, where they.
Rajiv, Secretary, SFI~JNU said: .
.
PaRCha - JNU - SFI - 2007 ID-68570
.
these questions are being raised in the 20th century... we can worship animals but we.
don't allow fellow human beings to sit next to us... Now the question arises what is the.
.
correct solution to this problem?First and foremost it_should be decided that all _human Towards tbe1DD111 Birth Annlversarv of Shaheed BhaaatSingh.
beings are equal and that neither are they born dtfferent nor can they be different Hum wah hain jo maut se darte nahin.
based on the division of labour. The system where just because a child is born in the [We are those who death don't fearhouse of a poor mason has to necessarily do the same work is preposterous... It is the hum woh hain jo mar ke bhi marte nahin Those who die yet alive appear]responsibility of the councils and the assemblies to ensure full freedom ofopportunities to avail the facilities of schools, colleges, wells and roads. It should not ..en J.Oin. merely be verbal assurances but it should be ensured that they use the same well and get ::l -fol!owed by a film showadmission in the schools.' [emphasis added] en 11~a_.a_ tbelegeod al bhllatstngb.
The situation even in the 2151 .
century doesn,t seem any different as far as the caste :l I at k.v grounds.
assemble at.
discrimination against dalits is concerned. Incidents of Jhajjhar, Gohana are grim reminders of c: J&.
the pathetic and precarious situation that the dali1s are in in our country. In such a situation the ...... ~.OQS uanuadhababasic idea of Bhagat Singh of providing opportunities to the dalits in every walk of life is to some 9P.DL 2'P S8Plextent addressed in the fonn of reservation that are being given to the dalits though much more Friends, We are going to celebrate the 10()111 birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, one of.
needs to be done in this regard. Yet.what we see ironically is that an out and out casteist the foremost revolutionary freedom fighters of our country, on 27tn September, 2007. This yearorganizationlike the Youth for (ln)Equality which believes in maintaining this discriminatory social.
order and perpetuate the social discrimination that the deprived sections have been subjected to also happens to be the 60th year of our independence from British colonialism and 15Qih year of.
1857, the first war of Indian independence. All these coincidences matter all the more when wefor ages in our country also uses Bhagat Singh as a role model in their campaign. Nothing could.
be more absurd. look at them in the current political juncture of our country where quite contrary to the anti-An inspirationtor the voutb imperialist legacy of Bhagat Singh and our freedom struggle, the dispensation at the centr~ isIn the present times of individualism and careerism, where thinking about the society at large or hell-bent on aligning with the greatest imperialist power of the day,the United States of Amenca.about playing a role in bringing about achange in the unjust nature of the society that we live in Revisiting the principles, ideas and values that Bhagat Singh stood and sacrificed his life for.
is considered at best an ~.
in these tumultuous times. In a leaflet he threw in the Central Assembly on 8th April 1929, hebecause it is 'dirty', Bhagat Singh's life and martyrdom should act as an inspiration for the role stated that 'it is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill th.e id~as. Great empi_res ~rumbledthat the youth of this country can play. Bhagat Singh was executed by the British at an early age while the ideas survived.' The crux of the ideas of the revolutJonanes was exemplified rn two ofof 23 i.e. an age much younger than most of us in this university. His selfless commitment their slogans; 'Down with Imperialism' and 'lnquilaJ?.Zin_daba~' . [Long Uve th.e Revolution] .
aberration' or where students are expected to stay away from politics would be a tribute to this great young thinker and should act as an inspiration for us as students .
towards the freedom of this country at such an early age itself is best exemplified in a letter that which explains their basic understanding about the British 1mpenal1sm and the kind of system.
he wrote to his father before leaving home,'My life has already been committed to anoble cause-the cause of the freedom of India. For that it should be replaced with. These simple yet .Profoun~ slog~n~ were to become the.
cornerstone of their struggle. It is also important to go mto details of h1s '.deas. because today wethat reason comforts and worldly desires have no attractjon in my life' [emphasis.
added] see that a wide range of political formations starting from the extreme nQht hke the RS~ or theSo principled, determined and fearless was Bhagat Singh that he wrote the following lines to his casteist forces like the YFE to the centrist Congress to the naxals tJymg to appropnate the.
legacy of Bhagat Singh. .
_.
father after his father tried to ask for mercy from the British to save his son from the gallows:.
'Let me be candid. I feel as though I have been stabbed at the back. Had any other person Against Imperialism and in favour of Nauonal Soveretantv.
done it, I would have considered it to be nothing short of treachery. But in your case, let me Today when we witness a paradigmatic shift in the foreign P?licy of our country where the UPAsay that it has been aweakness, aweakness of the worst type.' is interested in realigning itself towards the US by playmg second fiddle. to the g~test.
imperialist power of our times, it is indee~ quite ironic ~at.
To the youth of the country he had the following message which seems so relevant even today l~g~ndary leaders ~~~e Bhagat S1ngh.
had sacrificed their lives for the cause agarnst the then 1mpenahst power, t~and calls upon all of us as the youth of this country to live up to the expectations of this legendary .e B~tish.. ..
leader of our freedom movement. ..
Bhagat Sin~h was quite moved at a very young age by the tyranny of British 1mpenahsmwh1ch.
[The revolution] requires neither the emotion nor the death but the life of constant struggle, was epitom1sed during his time in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was on!Y 12. years of agesuffering and sacrifice. Crush your individuality first. Shake off the dreams of personal when on the orders of General Dyer more than 1,000 innocent people.were k1lled rn cold blood..
comfort. Then start to work. Inch by inch you shall have to proceed. It needs courage, He went to collect asample of the soil from Jallianwala Bagh as a remmder for aresolve to fight.
perseverance and very strong detennination. No difficulties and no hardship shall against the imperialist onslaught.. ..
The understanding of Bhaga.t Srngh an~ hrs comrades on how ~o. . ..
discourage you. No failure and betrayals shall dishearten you. No travails (!) Imposed upon dramatically after they were disgruntled WJth the C~ngress , fight 1mpe~alrsm changed.
.
you shall snuff out the revolutionary will in you. Through the ordeal of suffering and massively growing Non-Cooperation movement usrng t~e Cha~n Ch~u~ rnc1de~t as ~n.excuse..
sacrifice you shall come out victorious. And these Individual victories shall be the leade~hlp ssu~~nWithdrawal of the.
valuable assets of revolution. [emphasis added] He was greatly influenced by the Leninist understandmg on m~penaltsm and rmpenahst ~rs.
Sd/-which comes out clear from their statement made to the sessron's court after he along With.
.
Roshan, president, SFI-JNU Sd/-Rajguru and Sukhdev were arrested for throwing a bomb in thelegislative assembly, where they.
Rajiv, Secretary, SFI~JNU said: .
.