Mainstream Weekly

Bhagat Singh as I knew Him

Ajoy Ghosh — 2018-03-23T19:20:50Z

On the occasion of the eightyseventh anniversary of Bhagat Singh's martyrdom on March 23 this year, we are reproducing the following article (published earlier in Mainstream) in homage to the legendary revolutionary's abiding memory. He was executed along with Sukhdev and Rajguru in Lahore on March 23, 1931. He was and remains to this day a source of inspiration for our youth. This article carries excerpts from Ajoy Ghosh's Bhagat Singh and His Comrades (published in Bombay, 1945); a close (…)

- 2018

Bhagat Singh as I knew Him

Ajoy Ghosh — 2015-03-22T09:48:35Z

Legendary freedom fighter and martyr Bhagat Singh's birth centenary was observed on September 28, 2007. On the occasion of the eightyfourth anniversary of his martyrdom, we are reproducing the following article (published earlier in Mainstream) in homage to the outstanding revolutionary hero's abiding memory. He was executed along with Sukhdev and Rajguru in Lahore on March 23, 1931. He was and remains to this day a source of inspiration for our youth. This article carries excerpts from Ajoy (…)

- 2015

Bhagat Singh as I knew Him

Ajoy Ghosh — 2013-04-07T05:41:46Z

Legendary freedom fighter and martyr Bhagat Singh was executed, along with Sukhdev and Rajguru, on March 23, 1931 in Lahore Central Jail. On the occasion of the eightysecond anniversary of their martydom and in homage to Bhagat Singh's abiding memory (he was and remains to this day a source of inspiration for our youth), we are reproducing the following excerpts from Ajoy Ghosh's Bhagat Singh and His Comrades (published in Bombay, 1945); a close associate of Bhagat Singh, Ajoy Ghosh was (…)

- 2013

Goa — The Liberators and the Lesson

Ajoy Ghosh — 2012-02-19T17:53:01Z

On February 20 this year falls the 103rd birth anniversary of Ajoy Ghosh, the fourth General Secretary of the CPI and the last of the undivided Communist Party (October 1950-January 1962). While remembering him we reproduce, with due acknowledgement, the following article he wrote in New Age, the CPI organ, after the liberation of Goa from Portuguese colonial rule at the fag end of 1961. This article appeared on January 7, 1962 less than a week before Ajay's tragic demise on January 13. This (…)

- 2012

New Situation and Our Tasks

Ajoy Ghosh — 2009-02-23T12:19:57Z

From Ajoy Ghosh's Speeches
The Congress has been and is an extremely important factor in the political life of our country. This is not surprising in view of the role it played in leading the struggle for national freedom and in taking measures to consolidate independence under Nehru's leadership. The influence of the Congress, though less than it was in the days of the freedom struggle, is vast and extensive. It extends to all classes—including big sections of the working class. It (…)

- February 2009

Communalism Most Serious Menace

Ajoy Ghosh — 2009-02-23T12:17:37Z

We welcome this Conference. We are deeply thankful for the opportunity that has been given to us to put forward our point of view. We hope that our deliberations will be successful.
I agree, sir, when you say that we need not get panicky. But I would stress that complacency too would be unwarranted.
In the recent period, there has been a pronounced growth of forces that make for national disintegration. The ugly events that occurred in Assam, Jabalpur and other places were (…)

- February 2009

Salute From Prison

Ajoy Ghosh — 2008-11-11T21:51:12Z

The revolutionary martyr Bhagat Singh, along with his death-defying comrades looked upto the Russian Revolution for inspiration and guidance. Here is what Ajoy Ghosh, one of Bhagat Singh's comrades-in-arms (who later became the General Secretary of the CPI and whose birth centenary we will observe on February 20 next year), writes about their prison days in his booklet, Bhagat Singh and His Comrades:
Prolonged discussions took place in our ranks about what to do to break the stagnant calm. (…)

- November 8, 2008

Bhagat Singh as I knew Him

Ajoy Ghosh — 2007-10-09T14:31:22Z

Legendary freedom fighter and martyr Bhagat Singh's birth centenary was observed on September 28 last week. We are reproducing the following articles (published earlier in Mainstream) in homage to the outstanding revolutionary hero's abiding memory. He was and remains to this day a source of inspiration for our youth. The first piece carries excerpts from Ajoy Ghosh's Bhagat Singh and His Comrades (published in Bombay, 1945); a close associate of Bhagat Singh, Ajoy Ghosh was implicated in (…)

- October 6, 2007