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Fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Supratik Chakraborty" <[email protected]> Title: Bhagat Singh: Why should we remember him today? * Date: 11th April, 2016 (Monday) Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm Venue: F.C. Kohli Auditorium, KReSIT Building Speaker: Dr.Chaman Lal,* Former Chairperson, Centre for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Abstract: A name that has continued to inspire the youth in India over decades is that of Bhagat Singh. They look to him for patriotism, bravery, fearlessness and nationalism, but can he show them some light? After all, he was just 23+ years old at the time of going to gallows! But there are several personalities in world history who had created wonders at young age with their writings and thoughts, and Bhagat Singh belongs to their ranks. Bhagat Singh was not only a brave and fearless individual, he was also a great revolutionary thinker, and wrote on many pressing problems facing Indian society in his time, like communalism, casteism, exploitation. How did he deal with these issues? Can we learn something from him to face the same problems still continuing in present India? Yes we can, but we have to read him, ponder over his writings and critically examine his ideas. Perhaps these are still relevant! The speaker will elaborate on this drawing from his extensive research spanning decades, on Bhagat Singh. About the Speaker: Prof.ChamanLal, a noted scholar on BhagatSingh, is former Chairperson Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages and Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prof.ChamanLaltaught at Punjabi University Patiala and Guru Nanak DevUniversity Amritsar. He has authored Understanding BhagatSingh& Jail Notebook and other Writingsbesides being author/editor of 50+ books. He has been editor of BhagatSingh AurUnkeSathiyonkeDastavez, the collected works of BhagatSingh and his comrades.He was awarded the SahityaAcademy National Translation Prize in 2000. --- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
