Beware, Ye Tyrants; Beware !

Day before, while travelling to Delhi, I came across mind-blowing stuff by Kuldip Nayar. I took that book in my hand and was cajoled by the information mentioned in the preface. It was so catchy that I sat down and started devouring the pages as my next instant book. Somewhere, I felt that this book could be more than a mere piece of historical overview of facts that we may have read in school and colleges. This book is a brilliant piece of journalism that reincarnates the devotion and invokes a deep sense of respect and gratitude towards martyrdom in the readers.

This book “ Without Fear the Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh” brings back to life all that we have read in our History books and developed opinions and beliefs about our freedom struggle and the people who have sacrificed their entire lives fighting this tyranny. A highly well researched book that commemorates the 100th Birth anniversary of this Hero that reveals the man behind the Martyr; a thinker, intellect, avid reader and follower of writings of Lenin and Marx. The image that we have formed in our minds about Bhagat Singh is about a Hot-head revolutionary who only believed in cult of a bomb and was deeply deprived of sentiments and emotions that does not behoove a revolutionary. The reading brings a new turn to our thought process that we have been cultivating through these years. Although, the principles followed by M. K Gandhi and Bhagat Singh we known to be of diametrically opposite in nature, still Bhagat Singh had great respect and belief in Mahatma Gandhi.

History has been always boring for me except for my History teacher who was God for me as he made me pass “gracefully” (I love the word Grace and grace marks: D) .It is only after reading few pages of this book I came to know the complete names of each revolutionary and their strengths and strategies that they used to rage war against British.

The title of this blog is taken from the a handwritten leaflet dt. December 18, 1928 explaining the reasons for Saunders' murder. The letter was written on Mozang House den and pasted on the walls of Lahore in the night between the 18th and 19th at several places. Would also like to mention few lines from this letter that could have definitely shaken the stones of British Empire.

Beware, Ye Tyrants; Beware

Do not injure the felling of a downtrodden and oppressed country. Think twice before perpetrating such diabolical deed, and remember that despite 'Arms Act' and strict guards against the smuggling of arms, the revolvers will ever continue to flow in-if no sufficient at present for and armed revolt, then at least sufficient to avenge the national insults. Inspite of all the denunciations and condemnation 0f their own kiths and kins, and ruthless repression and persecution of the alien government, party of young men will ever live to teach a lesson to the haughty rulers. They will be so bold as to cry even amidst the raging storm of opposition and repression, even on the scaffold:

"LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION”!

There are so many things that are still unheard, not revealed to common public then and are now captured in this book after lot of thorough research.

If you are a curious reader and do believe in the cause that our revolutionaries fought war for, do check this link http://www.shahidbhagatsingh.org . It has fantastic information and collection of articles and photographs of great revolutionaries.