papa...was Bhagat Singh cricketer or movie star....

yeah.....i wont be surprised if my children ask me these questions, few years later...

March 23rd was the day Bhagath Singh was hanged along with Rajguru and Sukhdev .. i don't know how many of the readers would have remembered this, but its fine...if the media and the whole nation had forgot it, including the leaders..no wonder common man, who is no way related to him forget this day...

yes..i searched all the leading news sites..but even in its remote corners, there was no mention of these men of valor ...i was not surprised.. i expected the same.
any way a zillion thanks to Aamir Khan and Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, who at least introduced these freedom fighters to the current generation. At least they will be able to relate to these names, through the movie...[i know there have been other movies too..i mentioned this, being the recent one]

Even Gandhiji,being a strict follower of non violence, had praised the courage of these men. He quoted "These heroes had conquered the fear of death. Let us bow to them a thousand times for their heroism."

They deserve to be remembered, in a better way than this. We cant find too many men like Bhagat Singh, who would be ready to sacrifice their life for the nation,that too at the young age of 23.

My salute to Bhagat Singh and 1000s of other unknown heroes, who had laid their lives for the freedom of our Country...{which we are very happily misusing}