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Thirty Years After the Demolition
Marxist
XXXVIII, 4, October-December 2022
SUBHASHINI ALI
Thirty Years After the Demolition
The horrifying and barbaric destruction of the Babri Masjid on 6 December, 1992 was a seismic moment in our history. It should be seen, however, not as an isolated incident of barbarity but as part of an agenda that aims to change the course adopted by a very young nation taking its first uncertain steps after attaining freedom on August 15, 1947. Despite the communal bloodbath of horrific proportions that accompanied its birth, it bravely ad-opted a course towards the establishment of a secular, democratic State.
It was precisely this course that forces like the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha were determined to thwart. The first blow was struck by them on January 30, l948 when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a member of both organiza¬tions. Godse, editor of a publication named Hindu Rashra, had no compunctions about the crime he committed. He defended himself in the court and said repeatedly that, as a Hindu, it was his duty to kill Gandhi. Other members of the RSS and Mahasabha were also jailed along with Nathuram. His brother, Gopal, and his co-conspirator Apte received the life sentence and the death penalty respectivel
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Memoirs
My longtime associate, Comrade Saroj Mukherjee, had requested me to write about my political experiences in Bengali. After giving it a long thought, I had decided to do so and Ganashakti serialised them which were later compiled as a book “Janaganer Sangey” (“With the People”).I have had to face many complex problems during my career which centred wholly on the liberation of the people at large. I have seen the people rise in victory as much as I have been witness to their defeat at times. These memories themselves imbibe a sense of achievement. This new book has been updated since then. If my experiences are of any help to all those who are striving to make this world a better place to live in, then I will consider my efforts a success.
Finally, I would like to repeat what I have always believed in: it is man, and man alone, who creates history. Despite the many crests and thrusts, the people will finally emerge victorious and gain freedom in a classless, society free from exploitation of any form.
Jyoti Basu
January 22, 1998
Calcutta
CHAPTER I: CHILDHOOD
Time has travelled. It’s been over 50 years that I have been in active politics. When I first stepped on the portals of politics, the country’s struggle for independence had entered a cervi
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