Mainstream Weekly

Brahmo Samaj and Toiling People

Chinmohan Sehanavis — 2013-12-07T19:39:00Z

A very sound criterion for judging the character of any social movement, is its attitude towards the toiling people, denizens of the “lower depths” of the society. This is particularly so because it has a very pertinent relevance to our contemporary world with its widespread and deep, underlying social tensions and conflicts.
Insofar as the Brahmo Samaj signifies a vital social movement during the modern phase of our history—rather than yet another in this land of countless religious (…)

- 2013

Impact of Lenin on Bhagat Singh's Life

Chinmohan Sehanavis — 2013-10-09T06:12:08Z

Bhagat Singh's 106th birth anniversary took place on September 28 this year. To mark the occasion we are reproducing the following article which appeared in Mainstream (April 4, 1981).
Bhagat Singh was born in Punjab on September 28, 1907, and was hanged by the British on March 23, 1931. So it may be said that in his short life-span of 24 years political activities covered at the most a period of seven to eight years. The young Indian revolutionary was sentenced to death before he could (…)

- 2013

Impact of Lenin on Bhagat Singh's Life

Chinmohan Sehanavis — 2007-10-09T14:21:54Z

Bhagat Singh was born in Punjab on September 28, 1907, and was hanged by the British on March 23, 1931. So it may be said that in his short life-span of 24 years political activities covered at the most a period of seven to eight years. The young Indian revolutionary was sentenced to death before he could reach his thirties. It should not be expected that his concepts regarding revolution were full-fledged and mature and had taken definite shape at such an early age. Yet, his short political (…)

- October 6, 2007