Remembering Yashpal, the Hindi writer who remained true to revolution throughout life

Yashpal died on 26 December 1976 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He was working on the fourth volume of his book ‘Sinhavalokan’, which was written on the memories of his revolutionary movement. With his passing, a modern Marxist, a very conscious writer, was lost, which Hindi produced in those difficult days, he was the only writer who picked up the pen in the difficult times when there was a wave of individualism and alienation everywhere.

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Did Hindus become more fanatic under Modi’s regime? History speaks otherwise!

Hindus already had an aversion to anything foreign. This “otherness” was ancient. The extent of ‘’otherness’’ described by him is as follows: “in all manners and usages, they differ from us to such a degree as to frighten their children with us, with our dress, and our ways and customs, and as to declare us to be devil’s breed, and our doings as the very opposite of all that is good and proper”.

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