Hungry Westerners: Why they should feed themselves and stop worrying about India

India is among the 45 countries that have “serious levels of hunger”, says the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI). Of the 117 countries surveyed India is ranked 102, apparently being worse off than Bangladesh. More...

The Hero’s brutal internment at the Andamans

Read the previous parts here. Senior patriots like Shyamji Krishnaverma, Madam Cama and Bipin Chandra Pal were full of praises for Savarkar’s leadership of the Abhinav Bharat. Even Krishnaverma’s non-Indian More...

Savarkar: Inside the Enemy Camp

As stated in the previous part, Savarkar went to London with a specific purpose—that of knowing the enemy which was the British Empire. But what were his thoughts before reaching London? In those days, travelling More...

Veer Savarkar: The action hero of our freedom struggle

This is the first part of a series on Veer Savarkar, the unsung but largely derided hero of the Indian freedom struggle. Back in 2006, I was very excited as well as fascinated by the action flick V for Vendetta. The More...