There is nothing more satisfying than reading a book while sipping a hot cup of tea.
My last read of 2016 was the Complete Tribunal Proceedings of the Lahore Conspiracy Case that had revolutionary Sukhdev's remarks in the margins. I am glad that the first book that I read in 2017 is about Sukhdev's closest friend: Bhagat Singh.M.M. Juneja's biography of India's most famous martyr doesn't add much to all that … Continue reading First Read of 2017: Biography of Bhagat Singh by M.M. Juneja
On 7th September, 1930, the tribunal in the Lahore Conspiracy Case (King-Emperor vs Sukhdev and Others) pronounced varying sentences to the young men who were accused of 'waging war against the King-Emperor'. Of the fifteen men at the end of the trial, the majority got transportation for life, three were acquitted while two got RI … Continue reading Last (and Best) Read of 2016: Complete Tribunal Proceedings (With Sukhdev’s Remarks)
Bhagat Singh is perhaps India's best known revolutionary. For long, he was just seen as a man with a gun in his hand but now slowly people are awakening to the fact that he was a voracious reader and an intelligent thinker who thought deep about the ailments that plagued Indian society.This book is an … Continue reading Bhagat Singh and his Legend (ed) J.S. Grewal
Today is the birth anniversary of an illustrious son of India, the revolutionary Bhagat Singh. I thought, this year, I will remember him by reminding myself of some of the books related to him that I have had on my wishlist for long:
This month I have read more non-fiction than fiction. As three of these books deal with Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh, I thought I'd club them together.INQILAB by RAJSHEKHAR VYAS Rajshekhar Vyas is a noted writer who has written considerably about the revolutionary stream of our freedom struggle. This book deals with the thoughts of Bhagat Singh … Continue reading Books on Bhagat Singh
It's that time of the year again. A day when I salute all those who laid their lives so that we could be born in a free country. This year too I am paying a homage to all those heroes by reviewing the books recently read on the revolutionary struggle for India's independence.JAB JYOTI JAGI … Continue reading 23rd March: A Remembrance in Books
Besides Mysteries, I also read a couple of non-fictional books in February:BHAGAT SINGH: LIBERATION'S BLAZING STAR by P.M.S. GREWAL (2007)The author, P.M.S Grewal is Secretary, Delhi State Committee of the CPI (M), writes a thought-provoking introduction to his assessment of Indian Revolutionary Bhagat Singh but adds nothing new to the already existing scholarship on Bhagat … Continue reading Non-Fictional Reads in February
Have you heard of the Babbar Akalis or the Kuka Namdharis or of Kartar Singh Sarabha or of the Komatagata Maru incident or of the Provisional Government of India in Afghanistan? I don't blame you if you haven't. I am sure a majority of us Indians too haven't heard of these. Thus going through Bhagat … Continue reading 28 September: Bhagat Singh and Books
Today is 23 March. A day when we remember the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev, three young men who laid down their lives for the freedom of India. I thought this would be an appropriate occasion to talk about books related to them that I read recently.Professor S. Irfan Habib's To Make the … Continue reading 23 March: A Remembrance in Books
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