Carrying the Song Forward: The 37th Safdar Hashmi Memorial

FOR a large community of artists, activists, students, workers and citizens in Delhi, January 1 has come to mean something very specific over the last thirty-six years. It is the day when people gather to remember Safdar Hashmi and to renew a collective commitment to the ideals he stood for. The Safdar Hashmi Memorial, organised every year since 1990 by the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), has become a significant event in the cultural and political calendar of the city.

Remembering Safdar Hashmi: When Theatre Becomes Resistance

In the biting cold of January 1 this year, hundreds of local residents — women, men, and children alike — came together at Ambedkar Park in Jhandapur to honour the memory of Safdar Hashmi on the 37th anniversary of his martyrdom. Braving the harsh weather, they gathered not just to remember a man, but to reaffirm the values he lived and died for.

SAHMAT’s Annual Celebrations on January 1

ON January 1, 2024, Harkishen Singh Surjeet Bhavan was the venue for the 36th Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust’s annual celebrations. Organised every year to mark the life, the works and the ideals of Safdar Hashmi who was attacked on this day while performing a street play with his troupe, Jan Natya Manch, SAHMAT has become a cultural artefact in its own right. This year was a somber occasion as SAHMAT lost one of its most beloved and avid supporter in Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

JANAM Observes Safdar Hashmi Shahadat Divas

‘Bol Majure Halla BolHalla Bol bhai, halla bol…’ LIKE every year, this song of workers’ struggle echoed across Jhandapur’s Dr Ambedkar Park on the chilly winter morning of January 1, 2025. A large number of people – locals, residents of Sahibabad Site IV – gathered in the park to remember and salute Comrade Safdar Hashmi and Rambahadur on the occasion of the 36th Safdar Hashmi Shahadat Divas.

Remembrance Meeting of Comrade Birender Singh and Comrade Rajeev Jha

A CONDOLENCE meeting was organised on the evening of August 16, at CPI(M) headquarters, A K Gopalan Bhawan, to pay tributes to Comrade Birender Singh and Comrade Rajiv Jha. The two comrades, who had been associated with the Party centre for more than four decades as full-fledged workers, died recently.

CPI(M) Remembers Comrade EMS Namboodiripad

COMRADE EMS Namboodiripad was one of the foremost leaders of the Communist movement in India and one of the founding leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).In his nearly seven decades of public life and revolutionary activities, EMS Namboodiripad left an indelible imprint on the progressive and working class movement of the country. As a young man, he became active in the social reform movement against caste. He left college in 1931 to join the freedom struggle and was jailed in the satyagraha movement.

Bhagat, a Towering Beacon

On the occasion of the 86th martyrdom day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Raj Guru on March 23 we are reproducing an interview given by his compatriot, Shiv Verma, which was published in ‘The Daily’ on March 26, 1985. The interview was taken by Sudheendra Kulkarni in 1985, much before he joined the BJP.MARCH 23 marked the 54th year of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, the immortal hero of the Indian independence movement.

Glorious Tributes Paid to Com Harkishan Singh Surjeet

P SUNDARAYYA Memorial Trust and the All India Kisan Sabha organised a memorial meeting on the occasion of the birth centenary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, revolutionary leader of the peasantry, toiling masses and Communist Movement on January 31, 2016 in the office premises of the AIKS. Floral tributes were paid to the legendary leader amidst shouting of slogans.

A B Bardhan: Champion of Left Unity

COMRADE A B Bardhan belonged to that generation of Communist leaders who came into the Communist party during the last decade of the struggle for independence. Bardhan joined the party in 1940 at the age of 15. The student movement during the anti-imperialist struggle and the post-war upsurge of mass struggles in the country shaped the political outlook of the young Bardhan. Like many young Communists in Bombay province at that time, he became an organiser of the working class after his militant role in the student movement.

Muzaffar Ahmad Birth Anniversary

CPI(M) leaders called upon Party workers to strengthen movements to change the existing political situation. Addressing the public meeting on Muzaffar Ahmad birth anniversary, CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Suryakanta Misra, Biman Basu and Md Salim emphasised the importance of ideology and organisation in the fight to advance. The main programme was held in Promode Dasgupta Bhaban in Kolkata. Tributes were paid to Muzaffar Ahmad in numerous programmes in all districts.

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