07 October 2007

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru’s Deeds Live on!

(Speech by the AIPSG representative in Delhi at the rally organized by Hind Naujawan Ekta Sabha to commemmorate the birth centenarry of Bhagat Singh)
Delhi, Oct 7, 2007

It is my pleasure to bring the greetings from the Association of Indian Progressive Study Group to the participants and organizers of this magnificent celebration to commemorate the birth centenary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.


The heroic deeds of Bhagat Singh. Sukhdev and Rajguru live on in the deeds of the youth of today – the youths of 2007 who stand in the forefront of the struggles for rights all across India and fearlessly face the brutal onslaught of the police and paramilitary on defenseless people. The heroism and bravery are a continuation of the fidelity and sacrifice of Nirmla in the height of Naxalite uprising, Bhagat Singh Sukhdev and Rajguru as they took their valiant stand against British raj and the death defying deeds of Mangal Pandey in the great Indian war of indepenedence. The event here is also a continuation of the work of Jayshankar and Lalit Panda, two Indian youths who took up the work of Indian revolution while studying abroad and died in course of carrying out revolutionary activities. We mark this occasion of the centenary of the birth of Bhagat Singh also as the 150th anniversary of the first war of independence, 40th anniversary of the Naxalbari spring thunder and the 30th anniversary of the decision of the Hindustani Ghadar Party –organization of the Indian Marxist Leninists abroad – to re-establish revolutionary communist party in India. These historical events were spearheaded by the youth and our generation is taking the future into its hands as so magnificently exemplified in today’s event. There is a river of heroism and bravery that is flowing down the entire country from the past to the present, nurturing the present with all the healthy nutrients from the past and we are swimming in that river that is rising fast. We are not going to allow the traitors to pollute and poison that river and suffocate us – we will drown them and sweep them out.

On this occasion, I bring to you greetings from all the youth of Indian origin living abroad who are with you in spirit if not in person. They are fellow travelers of the great struggle of humankind for a society free of war, injustice, oppression and exploitation. On this occasion, I want to convey to you a desire, a request to the Hind Naujawan Ekta Sabha to assist our struggles. It is to educate us about the living heroism of today’s youth; to give us examples of actual deeds of today’s youth hailing from different backgrounds who are personifying the spirit of Bhagat Singh, Nirmala, Jayshankar and Mangal Pandey year by year in taking up the cause of society’s progress while fighting in modern conditions for the rights of youth in different struggles in different parts of India. Let us, year by year, identify such youth and celebrate their work and inspire ourselves with contemporary personification of that iconic heroism and sacrifice for the progress of society that Bhagat Singh exemplified. We pledge together with you that youth of Indian origin living abroad will give carry forward the legacy of Bhagat Singh and all the other fighting youth of all lands.
Inquilab Zindabad!
Red salute to the youth of India!
Red salute to the youth of the world!
Thanks you!

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