A talk by Professor Satvinder Juss
A revolutionary inspired by socialism, Bhagat Singh was a key figure in India’s independence movement. He founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha and played a leading role in the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, advocating for armed resistance against British rule. His powerful intellect was evident in writings like "Why I Am an Atheist", penned during his imprisonment, where he explained his rejection of religion and emphasized rationalism. In To Young Political Workers, Singh critiqued political stagnation and called for a socialist revolution.
In 1928 Bhagat Singh plotted to kill the police chief responsible for the death of Indian writer and politician L. L. Rai. Unfortunately the wrong man was killed and in 1931 Bhagat Singh was hanged for murder at the age of 23. Bhagat Singh’s legacy endures as a symbol of revolutionary courage and intellectual brilliance.
Satvinder is professor of law at King's College London and a barrister-at-law in Gray's Inn. He has published widely on the subjects of migration and international human rights law and is an expert in constitutional practice, human rights, and refugee law. He was born and raised in colonial East Africa, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in 1958, during the time of the ‘Mau Mau’ independence movement. His family settled in Wolverhampton in 1968 where Enoch Powell MP made his “Rivers of Blood” speech. In 2013, he was a Member of the Slavery Working Group at the Centre for Social Justice, whose Report led to the UK Government passing the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Professor Juss has authored five books, including The Execution of Bhagat Singh: Legal Heresies of the Raj and Bhagat Singh: A Life in Revolution, the definitive biography of this legendary revolutionary.
Image by unknown author (Ramnath Photographers, Delhi) - [1] [2], Public Domain, Link
Comments
Post a Comment