‘Youths should understand, analyse happenings in socy’

Nagpur: Most of the youngsters think of and care about themselves as a result of which the values they hold in life today are in conflict with Bhagat Singh’s broader vision of the country, said Kiranjeet Singh, nephew of the legendary freedom fighter, on Monday.
Singh, a farm activist and lawyer, was replying to the felicitation at a programme organized by Vidarbha Gaurav Pratishthan at Dhanwate Hall, Shankar Nagar. Chancellor of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Dr Vedprakash Mishra was the chief guest while former mayor Atal Bahadur Singh was the guest of honour. Girish Gandhi, president of the organization, welcomed the guests.

The youths today should learn to educate themselves, understand and analyse the happenings that are taking place in society, he added.

“People of Maharashtra are known for bravery. This soil has produced many great freedom fighters and I feel proud to be standing among them,” Singh said.

He said three generations of his family were part of the freedom struggle and were confined to the four walls of prisons for taking up cudgels against the foreign rulers. He said the Jallianwala Bagh massacre changed the course of 12-year-old Bhagat Singh’s life who vowed to take revenge.

Sharing a personal story, Kiranjeet Singh spoke about the last letter Bhagat Singh wrote to his younger brother Kultar Singh, urging him to always stay strong. Bhagat Singh also told his brother that the body we inhibit is like a shell. It is the thought that will last forever.

Mishra took the people through a step-by-step journey of Bhagat Singh, giving examples of the civil disobedience movement and Chaura Chauri incident, that fired him.

Atal Bahadur Singh recalled how the Britishers had hung Bhagat Singh 11 hours before the stipulated time and then quietly disposed of the body in a river through a broken hole in the wall, fearing a backlash that was likely to follow.

(Reporting by Ritika Gupta)