Punjab Cong chief slams Kejriwal for comparing Sisodia, Jain with Bhagat Singh: ‘Not right…’
Terming it ‘unfortunate’, Warring said ‘it is not right to compare anyone with the freedom fighter’. Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday slammed Delhi chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal for comparing party leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Terming it ‘unfortunate’, Warring said ‘it is not […]Read More
No one can question martyrs’ contribution to motherland: Punjab CM
Remembers Udham Singh on his death anniv | Announces Rs 22.59 cr welfare projects for Sunam Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said it was unfortunate that the descendants of the traitors, who sided with the Britishers during the freedom struggle, were now questioning the credentials of the martyrs. Vows to bring back bravehearts’ belongings All […]Read More
Bhagat Singh not a terrorist: Nephew Prof Jagmohan Singh
Prof Jagmohan Singh, nephew of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, today said the statement made by Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann that Bhagat Singh was a terrorist is continuation of the narrative which served the ruling class during the British rule. He said this discourse was driven by “people who had always cooperated with the government” and […]Read More
Punjab MP Walks Into Controversy Over Bhagat Singh “Terrorist” Comment
Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, government has demanded Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann to apologise for the comment that hurt sentiments and disrespected freedom fighter Bhagat Singh A Punjab MP has waded into controversy with his comment on freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Newly elected Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann, who is also the chief […]Read More
Remembering Mangoo Ram Mugowalia, the Revolutionary Leader Who Challenged Caste
In a political career spanning 65 years, Mangoo Ram made remarkable contributions. Most notably, he was a member of the Ghadar Party and shaped the Ad-Dharm movement in Punjab. Can religion play a revolutionary role in society? Philosophers, people of letters and social scientists since the dawn of ‘Enlightenment’ in Western Europe have struggled to […]Read More
From the Archives: Bhagat Singh—The Patriot
Just 23 when he died, his heroism doesn’t lie in the use of the gun once. It lies in the distance he travelled from revolutionary violence to trying to build a new people’s movement The question that bothered me the most when I began my research to write the script for The Legend of Bhagat […]Read More