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Bhagat Singh was anti-caste

The British hanged Bhagat Singh and his friends but not their thoughts. Today, there have been attempts to erase their thoughts, writes Mohandas Nemishrai on their martyrdom day

Mohandas Nemishrai March 23, 2018
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Mohandas Nemishrai

Mohandas Nemishrai, the editor of the well-know Dalit magazine Bayan, is counted among top Dalit litterateurs. Besides poems, short stories and novels, he has written many books on literary criticism.

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