[antiwar-van] Updated: Legacy of Bhagat Singh on Fri Sep 28

[Harsha]

- mark your calendars and please forward –

With great pride and humbleness in our hearts, we invite you to the
commemoration of the 100th birth anniversary of Shaheed (Martyr) Bhagat
Singh

“Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable
birth right of all.” – Bhagat Singh

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Friday September 28th
Snacks served at 6:00 pm/ Program begins at 6:30 pm
Arts Room, Bonsor Community Centre, 6550 Bonsor
(right next to Metrotown Skytrain Station)
Entrance by donation (pay what you can)
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* Sadhu Binning * Usman Majeed * Raj Mallhi * Gurcharan Singh Mansoor *
Indira Prasht * Jeevan Singh Rampuri * Ajmer Rode * Gurpreet Singh * Proma
Tagore * Sunera Thobani *

*** The evening will be in Punjabi/Urdu/Hindi/English and include film,
shayari/poetry, talks, readings of Bhagat Singh’s writing, plus a photo
exhibit hosted by the Indo-Canadian Workers Association.


All across South Asia and amongst South Asian diaspora, September 28th
2007 is being honoured as the 100th birth anniversary of one of South
Asia’s most well-known freedom fighter's Bhagat Singh.

Bhagat Singh joined the Quit India movement in 1921 and over the years,
became a cofounder and leader of the Naujavan Bharat Sabha and Samajvadi
Prajatantra Sangha. He was hung at the age of 24; and although portrayed
by the British as a terrorist for engaging in acts of armed resistance,
Bhagat Singh became a legend, symbolizing courage, bravery, and
revolution. As he said “The war neither began with us nor is it going to
end with our lives
 It is easy to kill individuals but you cannot kill the
ideas.” His martyrdom prompted an entire generation of youth to continue
the fight for independence.

This event will mark the legacy of Bhagat Singh as well the relevance of
his ideas and actions today as the people of South Asia are caught in the
crosshairs of US interventions, the World Bank and IMF, corporate
globalization, militarization, and crushing levels of poverty and
inequality.

We hope you will join us.

Organized by Radical Desi Youth.
Supported by: Bulland Awaaz on Co-op Radio, Canada Urdu Association,
Chetna Dalit Association, Indo-Canadian Workers Association, Komagata Maru
Heritage Foundation, Punjabi Artists Association Richmond, Salaam
Vancouver, Siraat Collective, South Asian Network for Secularism and
Democracy, Watan Magazine.

For more information call 778 885 0040 or email harjap at gmail.com