Remembering Bhagat Singh in year 2019

   Publications-

                      Books

1.    The Bhagat Singh Reader, Harper&Collins India, Delhi, came on 13th April 2019

2.    Bhagat Singh complete writings in Hindi in four volumes-1. Letters 2. Essays 3. Sketches 4. Jail Notebook, published by Publication Division/Sasta Sahitya Mandal Delhi came out in December 2019

                  Articles-

1.    Bhagat Singh ki Dostiyon ke kisse-Itihas Bodh-Dehradun-January 2019

2.    New letters of Bhagat Singh-Filhal (Hindi), Patna, March 2019

3.    When Bhagat Singh saw legal aid- The Tribune, Chandigarh on 23^rd March

4.    Letters of Bhagat Singh in Punjabi translation-Punjabi Tribune Chandigarh, 24^th March   

5.    My interview on Bhagat Singh Reader by Parul in Indian Express Chandigarh on 20^th April

1.    Review of Bhagat Singh Reader by S Irfan Habib in Indian Express on 18^th May 

2.    Review of BS Reader in The Tribune by Vishav Bharti on 2^nd June issue. 

3.    Review of The Bhagat Singh Reader by Neera Chandhoke in The Hindu on 22^nd September

4.    Review of Reader in Mainstream Weekly Delhi in 28^th September issue

5.    Review of Reader in Frontier Kolkata in Autumn-September-October issue

1.    Extracts from Reader in Frontier same issue

6.    Review of Reader by Farooque Chaudhary in The Dhaka on 28^th September, also in Countercurrents

6.    My Interview in The Times of India by Manimugdha Sharma in 27^th September issue

2.    Extracts from Reader in HT Online edition fromWhy I am an Atheist.

7.    My piece in Hindustan Times print issue on 28^th September on BS Reader

9.    Khushbu/Mahesh write up in Outlook Hindi online edition on 28^th September n Bhagat Singh -interview with me

10.                       Krishan Murari piece on Bhagat Singh release in The Print-Hindi online edition. 

  7.    Review of The Bhagat Singh Reader in Outlook English by Rajeev Lochan in 21^st October 2019 issue.

6-A.    2^nd part of a review of The Bhagat Singh Reader by Farooque Chaudhary in Countercurrents.0rg on 24^th October

6-B 1.    The third part of Farooque Chaudhar review appeared in Countercurrents and in The Dhaka paper in 22^nd November issue  

3.     Last Thoughts of a Revolutionary-Extracts from The Bhagat Singh Reader, Frontline, Chennai, 20^th December issue    

7.    Bhagat Singh Revisited-feature by Varun Das on The Bhagat Singh Reader in Indian Express, Chandigarh ed.27^th December 2019

   

Presentations

                                                                                                              1.      Delivered lecture on People’s representation in Democracy and Bhagat Singh at Dineshpur-Uttrakhand on 10^th March.
2.Delivered inaugural lecture on Bhagat Singh Archives and Resource centre at Delhi Archives on 23^rd March..    
3 Delivered panel address on Bhagat Singh memorial function at IIT, New Delhi on 23^rd March. 
4.    Delivered lecture on Relevance of Bhagat Singh Today in Kisan forum function to commemorate martyrdom day on 24^th March at Palwal.

5     Delivered lecture on Bhagat Singh’s ideas at Jamia Milia Islamia on 26^th March, organized by AISA.
6.Delivered lecture on Bhagat Singh and students at Dyal Singh College New Delhi on 27^th March, organized by AISA

7.      Delivered lecture on Bhagat Singh and jurisprudence at Rohini courts Delhi on 27^th March, organized by Lawyers union.  

 8.      The Bhagat Singh Reader-Book launch by JNUTA/Harpers/BS Archives on 24^th September at SAA auditorium JNU. Sheonan Singh, Harbans Mukhia, S Irfan Habib, Sucheta Mahajan and Atul Sood and myself in a discussion on the book.

9.     Lecture on BS Birth anniversary at Lawyers Union in Karakaduma Courts, Delhi on 26^th September.
10    Lecture on Idea of Bhagat Singh, organized by Law dept student union in DU, Delhi on 28^th September  

11.      The first lecture in series on Bhagat Singh organized by Maharashtra Andh Nirmulan Samiti(MANS) in Mahila Mahavidyalaya Nagpur on 30^th September-Gandhi ani Bhagat Singh
12      Interaction with youth activists at Sewagram Ashram near Wardha on 30^th September
13    Third lecture by MANS at Wardha city on 30^th September on Bhagat Singh ani Mahatma Gandhi
14.   Fourth lecture by MANS and Punjab Rao Deshmukh institutions at Amravati on 1^st October

15.      Fifth lecture by MANS at Akola on 1^st October

16.      Sixth lecture by MANS at Aurangabad in commerce college in the morning

17.    Seventh lecture by MANS in MIT Aurangabad in noon in the English language

18.      Eighth lecture in CPI office in Aurangabad by PWA/MANS

19.      Ninth MANS lecture at Jalgaon at college History dept in the morning on 3^rd October

20..  10^th MANS lecture in THIM college in Jalgaon in Urdu on 3^rd October

21.  11^th MANS lecture in Dhule on 3^rd October evening

22.  12^th MANS lecture on Bhagat Singh in a junior college in Nasik

23.  13^th MANS lecture on Bhagat Singh and Gandhi at Kusumagraj bhaven Nasik in evening on 4^th October

24.  14^th MANS lecture on Bhagat Singh at SM Joshi institute on 5^th October at Pune

25.  15^th MANS lecture at Ichhal Karanji on Bhagat Singh on 6^th October

26..  16^th MANS lecture on Bhagat Singh at Kolhapur on 6^th October

27.  17^th MANS/TUS lecture on Bhagat Singh at Thane-Mumbai on 7^th October

28.  18^th MANS lecture on Bhagat Singh at Kalyan-Mumbai on 8^th October (Dussehra)

29.   19^th Trade Union Solidarity lecture on Bhagat Singh thought at Dadar-Mumbai on 9^th October     

30.      BS Reader launch at Seagull book shop hall Kolkata on 19^th October with Souvik Mukherjee and Tirthankar Chattopadhyaya spoke as editor

31.      Interviewed by Minakshi Sharma for CPM Digital live at 8 pm on 18^th October

     32.Delivered lecture on Guru Nanak to Bhagat Singh-A glance at the progressive journey of Punjabi though in French dept. Panjab University Chandigarh on 31^st October.
33.    Presentation in CSWD, Delhi Rosa Luxembourg three-day conference on Political Thought of Bhagat Singh on 22^nd November at IIC Delhi.

34.     Delivered lecture on Bhagat Singh and our times at PWA organized function at Azamgarh on 29^th November

35.      Delivered lecture on Bhagat Singh’s ideology at Rahul Sankartyan library Maunath Bhanjan, on the inauguration of Bhagat Singh Manch on 30^th November 

In all, Two books-one long-awaited and my magnum opus on Bhagat Singh in English, seven write-ups and 35 presentations in one year. Maximum productivity on work on Bhagat Singh in any one year since started working on Bhagat Singh from 1986.