A true freedom fighter Veer Savarkar

Remembering the call given by him in his birthday celebrations in 1939 to Hinduize the Military and its implications.

In this article, an eminent personality and grassroots worker who lived his youth years in Andman jail, Vinayak Damodar Das Savarkar will be discussed.

अंडमान जाते हुए मुझे मेरी 16 वर्ष की आयु में ली गई प्रतिज्ञा आज भी याद की "अपनी मातृभूमि को दासत्व से मुक्त कराने की प्रतिज्ञा"।

Hindutva has been and is far from casteism another proof of this is that so many Ddalits and OBCs vote for BJP!

Savarkar is wrongly credited or criticized for introducing the concept of ethnocentric Hindutva in India. It was Chandranath Basu (1844-1910), a Bengali litterateur, who first coined the term Hindutva in 1892 in his writing.

Veer Savarkar more widely known for his acts of valour was a giant amongst intellectuals, fit to be also called 'Vidvan Savarkar.

हाल के ही दिनों में दो प्रमुख घटनाएँ सामने आयीं है जिसे देख के लगता है की भारत में जातिवादी भावना भरी गई है ताकि हिन्दुओं में टकराव बना रहे और कुछ तथाकथिक धर्मनिरपेक्ष राजनितिक दल अपना प्रभाव और प्रभुत्व भारत में बना के रख सकें।

Nehru never faced the same cruelty which Savarkar faced. Being born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he had family connections with the British authorities, and was friends with them; this spared him from most forms of cruelty.

So far as the intellectual space is concerned, the books written by Savarkar pave the way to true freedom and provide a start.

जिसके भाई को जेल भेज दिया गया हो, पत्नी और भाभी बेघर हो गईं हो, ससुर की नौकरी छीन ली गई हो, वह इन मुसीबतों में भी अपने लक्ष्य से पीछे नहीं हटा, बल्कि मुसीबतों के पहाड़ को चीरता चला गया। उस त्याग, समर्पण और राष्ट्रभक्त का नाम है सावरकर।