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A review by mr4du1
Why I am an Atheist and Other Works by Bhagat Singh
5.0
Bhagat Singh comes across as ruthless in his desire for true revolution based on socialistic and communist ideals. The desire for Indian Independence movement to engage the labourers is repeated again and again.
Perhaps the part that stood out to me in this book is the way he dissects religion for the sham it is. No religion is spared and he declares himself an atheist. His criticism of Hinduism based on Criminal Theory is perhaps the best dissection of the religion I've ever read.
His ultimate sacrifice and his letters to his father and his fellow prisoner friends define revolutionary thinking.
His main issue with Gandhi led movement was his avoidance of class based integration of people in the independence movement. He respects Pt. Nehru but no one else from the Congress.
It is a bad joke that the right wing swears in his name and uses the word communist in a derogatory sense.
I do not think that the revolution he envisioned would have solved everything or even that it would be possible to execute but it certainly has high ideals and vision.
That generation made unimaginable sacrifices of childhood, innocence and youth and we return the favour by making a caricature out of them today.
He should be read widely and now frequently, even if you disagree with the left ideology.
Revolutions Resurrect. And we definitely need one to come out of the right wing hangover.
Perhaps the part that stood out to me in this book is the way he dissects religion for the sham it is. No religion is spared and he declares himself an atheist. His criticism of Hinduism based on Criminal Theory is perhaps the best dissection of the religion I've ever read.
His ultimate sacrifice and his letters to his father and his fellow prisoner friends define revolutionary thinking.
His main issue with Gandhi led movement was his avoidance of class based integration of people in the independence movement. He respects Pt. Nehru but no one else from the Congress.
It is a bad joke that the right wing swears in his name and uses the word communist in a derogatory sense.
I do not think that the revolution he envisioned would have solved everything or even that it would be possible to execute but it certainly has high ideals and vision.
That generation made unimaginable sacrifices of childhood, innocence and youth and we return the favour by making a caricature out of them today.
He should be read widely and now frequently, even if you disagree with the left ideology.
Revolutions Resurrect. And we definitely need one to come out of the right wing hangover.