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'''''Lal Salam''''' ({{translation}} "[[Red salute (disambiguation)|Red salute]]") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by [[ | '''''Lal Salam''''' ({{translation}} "[[Red salute (disambiguation)|Red salute]]") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by [[communist]]s in [[South Asia]]. The word ''lal'' means "red" in [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]; ''[[As-salamu alaykum|salam]]'' means "peace" and is an Arabic word for a greeting. | ||
== In popular culture == | == In popular culture == | ||
* ''[[Lal Salam (1990 film)|Lal Salaam]]'' is a film based in 1990 India in the Malayalam language. It is based on the lives of three actual communists in Kerala, South India: [[Mohanlal]] as Varghese Vaidyan, [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as T. V. Thomas, and Smt K. R. Gowri Amma. | |||
* ''[[Lal Salam (1990 film)|Lal Salaam]]'' is | |||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
Revision as of 07:02, 6 November 2021
Lal Salam (transl. "Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by communists in South Asia. The word lal means "red" in Hindustani; salam means "peace" and is an Arabic word for a greeting.
In popular culture
- Lal Salaam is a film based in 1990 India in the Malayalam language. It is based on the lives of three actual communists in Kerala, South India: Mohanlal as Varghese Vaidyan, Murali as T. V. Thomas, and Smt K. R. Gowri Amma.
Further reading
- Ali, Kamran Asdar (2015). Surkh Salam: Communist Politics and Class Activism in Pakistan, 1947-1972. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-940308-0.