The Day They Took Bhagat Singh

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1521530996241","data":"Despite whatever forwards you might have received on Valentine's Day in your WhatsApp family groups, the anniversary of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru's execution is today, the 23rd of March. While the irony of those who profess to be so patriotic about the country that they forward such messages is not exactly lost upon is, we must make an effort to remember the true details of the life and times of these revolutionaries, especially Bhagat Singh, the atheist and revolutionary that rejected the notions of organised religion and was a man of the people, so popular that he had to be executed in the dead of the night to prevent riots. <\/p>The cowardice of the British empire is a matter for a different article - one that would fill entire pages - the facts that we must currently remember are that these were the men and women born and raised in the fever pitch of revolution, revolution that defined their entire lives, quite literally. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1521538972999","data":"5ab0da2f203c8"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1521538974536","data":"They say one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. I imagine that is how the headlines treated Bhagat Singh back in the day. While he was a hero to occupied India, he was called a terrorist by the British, perhaps a little more eagerly than usual because they were close to realising that their hold over the subcontinent was slipping. I don't really have to talk about what Bhagat Singh did, no, that we all know and some of us can agree. Revolutions are, after all, built on blood. Blood begets blood but when injustice because law, resistance becomes duty. That is exactly what Bhagat Singh did, he resisted, he fought back. <\/p>Let the anniversary of his hanging always be an example of the fact that even when the odds are not stacked in our favour, it is our duty to stand up and fight back against evil. It is our duty when the law itself is unlawful, to stand up, plant ourselves firmly on the banks of the river of truth and say 'no, you move.' <\/p>That was Captain America's line, but it fits here. CapAm was not afraid of fighting to save his country, neither was Bhagat Singh. And while Cap might have been an upstanding American citizen, Bhagat Singh was the son of the soil, a revolutionary who realised that the fault lines in society not only lay in caste and oppression, but also across economic classes. <\/p>Let this anniversary be a reminder of Bhagat Singh's legacy, his hatred for organised religion and his ideals of revolution. We must never forget our revolutionary roots.  <\/p>"}]

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