Page 25 - Mann Ki Baat English

Translation
Dear Kultar,
Today, seeing tears in your eyes filled me with deep
sorrow. There was a lot of pain in your words today.
I cannot bear your tears. My dear, keep pursuing
your education with courage and take care of your
health. Stay strong. And what more can I say? What
poetry shall I write for you? Listen-
“Usey yeh fikr hai hardam naya tarz-e-jafa kya hai
Humein yeh shauq hai dekhei'n sitam ki inteha kya hai”
“Dahr se kyu'n khafa rahei'n charkh ka kyu'n gila karei'n
Saara jahaa'n adu sahi aao muqaabla karei'n”
“Koi dam ka mehmaa'n hoo'n ae ahle-mehfil
Charaagh-e-sahar hoo'n bujha chahta hoo'n”
“Mere hawa mein rahegi khayaal ki bijli
Yeh musht-e-khak hai faani rahe rahe na rahe”
Well, goodbye!
“Khush raho ahle-watan hum to safar karte hai'n”
Stay courageous.
Namaste
Your brother,
Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh's last letter to his younger brother, S. Kultar Singh written in Urdu from jail
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on 3 March, 1931 after the last meeting with his family.
moved Bhagat Singh. Along linked him and his comrades
with Shivaram Rajguru, Sukhdev to the case. On April 8, 1929,
Thapar, and Chandrashekhar as members of the Hindustan

Azad, he resolved to avenge Rai’s Socialist Republican Association
death by killing Superintendent (HSRA), he and Batukeshwar
J.S. Scott, who was responsible Dutt hurled bombs in the
for the lathi charge. However, Central Legislative Assembly in

in a tragic twist, another officer, Delhi. The bombs were meant
Saunders, was killed in a case of to be harmless, intended
mistaken identity. only, as Bhagat Singh said,
The British authorities “to make the deaf hear.” They
were initially unaware of who were sentenced to death in
was behind the act, until a the Lahore Conspiracy Case.

handwritten poster by Bhagat To expedite the proceedings,
Singh explaining the motive the British Governor-General

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