Without fear : the life and trial of Bhagat Singh
By, Nayar, Kuldip
Publisher: Harper Collins
Class No.: 954.035092 NAY
Accession No.: 017793
Year: 2007
Pages: 244 p.

Of the week: 23rd Mar. 2009 to 28th Mar. 2009

The book explains for the first time why Hans Raj Vohra turned approver and betrayed Bhagat Sigh, and throws new light on Sukhdev, whose loyalties have been questioned by some historians. But most of all it puts in perspective Bhagat Singh's use of Violence, so strongly condemned by Gandhi and many others as being extremist. Bhagat Singh's intent was never to kill the largest number or strike terror in the hearts of the British through the gruesomeness of his attacks; his fearlessness was not fuelled by the empty bravura of guns and youth. It was held together by the wisdom of his reading and the strength o his beliefs.