It has been a huge huge gap of time since I last posted. There were engagements and some lethargy. Hopefully, it will be regular, again. And, what a date to resume. Today is 23rd of March, the date on which Bhagat Singh with two of his allies Sukhdev and Rajguru was hanged by the British at the tender age of 23 years.
Bhagat Singh is considered the revolutionary by the people in general as well as the intellectuals and scholars. Was he? Was he only a revolutionary of India's struggle for freedom? Probably not. Probably definitely not.
Bhagat Singh was a visionary. He was only 23 when he was hanged. Still he was not immature. Neither mentally, nor ideologically. He definitely was a freedom fighter. But, for him freedom of the nation was only a means rather than a goal. Most of the political leaders of the time, including even Gandhiji, of the Indian National Congress did not visualise India after independence. Jawahar Lal Nehru was one leader who, only later, came to terms in this regard.
Bhagat Singh was miles ahead of his contemporaries in his thoughts and vision. He did fight for India's freedom. But has he been labelled a revolutionary only because he was associated with Hindustan Repulican Army which he renamed Hindustan Socialist Repulican Army? He never wielde gun to kill any British (this does not mean the likes of Chandrashekhar Azad were killers) and even if he exploded bombs it had a design.
Bhagat Singh was more of a philosopher than a freedom fighter, a revolutionary. I bow before his greatness and remember him in great spirit on this day.
