Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Vaibhav Purandare talks about his book Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King

This biography aims to fill in the gaps left by previous biographers. It draws heavily from archival sources in the Marathi language, including letters written by Shivaji to his aides and adversaries, official state documents, treaties, and revenue administration documents.

‘Savarkar flew out of jail on birds’: When school books gave the wrong lessons

If a passage from a Kannada textbook is to be believed, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar flew out of jail on the wings of Bulbul birds to visit his motherland every day. This, of course, is not the first time a school lesson has turned out to be questionable

10 facts to remember on Veer Savarkar's 139th birth anniversary

Savarkar was born on 28 May 1883 to a Marathi Brahmin family in Nashik's Bhagur. From his college days, he was attracted to the radical arm of the Indian nationalist struggle

Veer Savarkar birth anniversary 2022: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh pay tribute

Veer Savarkar was a renowned freedom fighter, lawyer, writer and politician. He is remembered for coining the term 'Hindutva' that speaks of the Indian culture and religious identity

Delhi HC directs Twitter to take down defamatory content against historian Vikram Sampath

Sampath's application forms part of his defamation lawsuit against Truschke and others over the allegations of plagiarism against him concerning his work on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

First Dalit in CPM politburo in 64 years: Who’s ‘backward’, Left or Right?

Seven-time MP and the CPM Central Committee member from Bengal, Ramchandra Dome has been bestowed the honour of being part of the party’s highest decision-making body

Veer Savarkar profile: Here's all you need to know about the freedom fighter

The freedom fighter is most known for his treatise Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?, wherein he put forth his ideas about what constitutes the Indian nation.

Why Vikram Sampath finds himself in the line of fire for probing suppressed histories

What is the harm in an honest “truth and reconciliation” effort with our troubled, violent past, as Vikram Sampath has suggested?

Hindu vs Hindutva? Rahul Gandhi’s 5 conceptual and political blunders

There are several reasons why Rahul Gandhi’s recent attacks on Hindutva are ill-advised and problematic

Was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a British stooge? Answering five big questions to decode the riddle

Was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a British stooge? Was he a co-conspirator in the Gandhi murder? Here are the answers to five big questions regarding Savarkar.