Sachidanand Sinha

"Thought-trip" of socialist thinker Sachidanand Sinha, by Shubhneet Kaushik

Sachidanand Sinha
Babuji, Sachida Bhaiyya and Me, December 23, 2014

A socialist thinker Sachchidanand Sinha's thought-journey carrying forward the intellectual legacy of Rammanohar Lohia, Acharya Narendra Dev and Jayprakash Narayan has been published recently. Senior journalist and writer Arvind Mohan has taken the responsibility of compiling-editing Sachidaji's writing in eight segments on many burning questions including democracy, socialism, modernism, Indian politics, caste, economic and social inequality.
It is notable that Sachidaji remained associated with socialist movement as well as remained associated with farmers movement and labour movements. Putting his grounded experiences of politics on the test of contemplation, he also wrote seriously on issues related to art, philosophy and aesthetics. Life on the margin of civilization, the rising phases of socialism, the challenges of democracy, the culture and socialism, the challenges of globalization, the last chapter of 'capital', Indian nationalism and communalism are their major books.
Sachchidaji became active in politics during the Leave India movement of Sun Bayalis. Meanwhile he read JP's open letter to protesters and Lohia's booklet 'Rebels Must Advance' and were deeply impressed by these two thinkers. Sachidaji boycotted the exam with his colleagues of Patna's Science College in protest against the lawsuit against Azad Hind Army officers. During this time, Student Congress was also formed there, whose first session was attended by Jawaharlal Nehru.
At the beginning of graduation, he decided not to study further and started working with the quarrel laborers of Hazaribagh on the saying of Bihar's socialist leader Basavan Singh. Later they went to Bombay to study journalism, where they became workers in the labour meeting. Tell that he did Dr in the 1952 general elections Also campaigned for Ambedkar.
Sachchidaji also worked as a tally clerk in the railway sailor and postal department in Bombai. Later, they went to Hyderabad on Dr. Lohia's call and joined the edit of 'Mancind'. Going forward they reached Manika from Patna to Muzaffarpur for political work and they made this village their permanent residence.
He lived in Delhi for eighteen years in between and many of his important books 'Socialism and Power', Internal Colony, Adventures of Liberty, Cast Systems etc were published. In 1987 they returned to Manika again and since then they have been continuing to participate in intensive study, writing and training-contemplation camps while living in Manika. Arvind Mohan has executed an important work by editing Sachchidaji Rachnavali.
Do read this article by Arvind Mohan about this creation and Sachida ji published by Rajkamal Publications:
https://samtamarg.in/.../29/sachchida-ji-and-her-creations/