In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to

Hear the fiery words of Bhagat Singh, martyr of freedom and prophet of justice: “In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to build, we are not going to establish charity institution, as there shall be no needy or poor, and no alms-giving and alms-taking.” These words are not the musings of a dreamer lost in fancy, but the vow of a revolutionary who saw through the false mercy of his age. For he knew that charity so often masks injustice, that it soothes the conscience of the wealthy while leaving untouched the roots of poverty. What he envisioned was not a world of endless giving and taking of alms, but a world where none would need them, where dignity was the portion of every soul.

The future society of which he spoke was not a palace for a few, nor a prison for the many, but a community where wealth and work are shared, where justice replaces pity. In such a world, the poor are not handed scraps by the rich; instead, the structures that create hunger and inequality are dismantled. For what is the worth of alms if the hand that gives them is the same hand that profits from the suffering? Singh, with the clarity of fire, declared that true liberation comes not from gifts bestowed, but from rights restored, from a society built upon equity rather than domination.

History shows us the same truth. In ancient Rome, the emperors distributed bread to the masses to quiet unrest. Yet behind this spectacle of charity lay a structure of slavery, conquest, and corruption. The people received food, but not freedom; survival, but not dignity. By contrast, in communities where resources were shared and no man was permitted to hoard excess while his neighbor starved, harmony endured far longer. It is not alms that sustain a people, but justice that organizes them into a whole.

Bhagat Singh’s own life was a testimony to this belief. He did not fight merely for the expulsion of colonial rulers, but for the birth of a new society that would not replicate the same chains in another form. He saw the hollowness of charity institutions that consoled the starving without questioning why they starved. To him, alms-giving was not the highest virtue, but the symbol of a diseased order. In the communist society he imagined, the farmer would have his land, the worker his wage, the child his education—none would wait for the crumbs of another’s benevolence.

And yet, his vision is not without challenge. For many cling to charity as a sacred act, and indeed, in a broken world, acts of giving can bring relief. But Bhagat Singh’s wisdom pierces deeper: charity may relieve the wound, but it does not prevent the stabbing. Until the causes of poverty are destroyed, the cycle of giving and taking will continue, and the dignity of man will remain incomplete. The higher calling is not to soothe oppression, but to end it.

The lesson, then, is this: do not be content with pity when justice is demanded. Do not rest with alms-giving when you could labor to create a world where alms are unnecessary. To give to the needy today is good, but to build a tomorrow where there are no needy at all is greater still. Bhagat Singh calls us to lift our eyes from the temporary relief of suffering to the permanent transformation of society.

What, then, must you do? Yes, give when you see hunger—but ask also why hunger exists, and fight to end it. Support not only the charity institutions, but the reforms and revolutions that strike at the roots of inequality. Build communities where work is honored, where resources are shared, where the dignity of each person is not dependent on the generosity of another, but secured by the justice of all. For only then shall we reach the day when alms-taking and alms-giving are remembered as relics of a darker age, and the future society—whole, just, and free—shall stand as the monument of humanity’s truest greatness.

Thus remember: the highest mercy is justice, the highest gift is equality, and the noblest society is one in which none must bow his head to beg. This is the vision Bhagat Singh left us—not a plea for crumbs, but a summons to feast together as equals beneath the banner of liberty.