[van-announce] Fri Sep 28: The Legacy of Bhagat Singh

[Harsha]

- mark your calendars and please forward –

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

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THE LEGACY OF SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH
Friday September 28th at 6:30 pm
Bonsor Community Centre, 6550 Bonsor
(right next to Metrotown Skytrain Station)
Entrance by donation (pay what you can)
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The evening will include movies, poetry, talks, readings of Bhagat Singh’s
writing, photo exhibits, and cultural celebrations
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“Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable
birth right of all.” – Bhagat Singh

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