Savarkar’s Hindu Militarisation Drive: Myths and Facts
Amongst many allegations levelled by the critics against Savarkar, the following two are most prominent: Savarkar “apologised” to the British and consequently turned into a “British agent” as part More...
Busting the Myth: Did Savarkar “apologise”?
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar has remained a controversial figure of Indian politics. In recent times though, the attempts of his vilification have intensified. Much is made of his clemency petitions, often called “apology More...
Savarkar: From Nashik to Andamans- Part 3 The Arrest and the Aftermath
Aftermath of Jackson assassination: A number of arrests were made in connection with the assassination. Custodial tortures of the accused followed, but off the record, naturally. The accused were not allowed More...
Savarkar: From Nashik to Andamans- Part 2 Stormy Years in London
[contextly_sidebar id=”tJKmMMbZKxnPipIdUgFExNT6c7cjzbgQ”] Revolutionary activities in London Savarkar committed himself to establishing connections with revolutionaries around the world, foreseeing the More...
Life of Savarkar -1: From Nashik to Andamans
Vinayak Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883, in a Marathi Chitpavan brahmin family of Bhagur village of Nashik, Maharashtra. Chitpavan brahmin clan had come into prominence a couple of centuries earlier, with the More...
Academic Hinduphobia Going Mainstream
Introduction Last weekend while firming our plans for Inferno, we chanced upon an article. We could not help reading it with uninterrupted amusement, for, right from the click-bait headline to the nearly 900 More...
Remembering Veer Savarkar
The late 19th century, was when India was awakening to its spiritual heritage, its pride of place among the nations of the world, during ancient times. People like Dayananda and Swami Vivekananda were spreading More...
Hindu View of Leadership
The colonization of India had one major destructive impact among several others: a near-complete obliteration of all brahma-kshAtra spheres of activity including leadership. Today, both the Indian state and academia More...
What does it mean to be Ramachandra Guha?
And so Mr. Ramachandra Guha reminds us yet again of the truth in the proverb that a writer is known by the enemies he makes, in this op-ed in the Hindustan Times. Throughout the op-ed, Mr.Guha attempts to rebut 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...