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Vikram Sampath
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On the occasion of the birth anniversary of #VeerSavarkar posting some of my articles on him in recent past in wake of intense calumny he faces all the time! The much-misunderstood, maligned leader of our times! @narendramodi

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His views on social reforms, caste system, untouchability, cow protection etc were way ahead of their times n resisted strongly by the orthdox. An aspect of #VeerSavarkar we r seldom told abt! @narendramodi

theprint.in/opinion/savark…
#VeerSavarkar sadly gets dragged in contemporary political mudslinging by opponents of @BJP4India or @narendramodi which does a great disservice to his legacy

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In the recent controversy where the Rajasthan govt decided to arbiter who was Veer or not in histort textbooks, i spoke to @sudhirchaudhary on @ZeeNewsHindi on the fallacy of this argument #VeerSavarkar

The song that epitomizes #VeerSavarkar 's patriotism n love for the country, on par with Bankim's Vande mataram in my view, immortalized in the voice of Bharat Ratna @mangeshkarlata ji--- Jayostute Jayostute Sri Mahanmangale Shivaspade Shubhade!
A revolutionary with the heart of a passionate poet..#VeerSavarkar penned this immortal song "Sagara PrANa taLamaLalA" sitting with Niranjan Pal at Brighton after the execution of his aide Madan Lal Dhingra in London. Immortalized by the Mangeshkars!

Images from my field visit to Bhagur n the house where #VeerSavarkar was born on 28 May 1883 to Damodarpant n Radhabai. The Ashta bhuja Bhawani- family Goddess in front of whom he vowed to fight for the country's freedom as a young teenager.
Images from my field research trip to Nashik where the Abhinav Bharat secrt society of revolutionaries was born under #VeerSavarkar , the room where they met n the idol of Swatantrya Lakshmi
The Savarkar Cell in the dreaded Cellular Jail in Port Blair where #VeerSavarkar underwent the worst tortures for more than 11 yrs.
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Thank you Yogendra ji and i am glad there is civil discourse. I obviously can't put things in 140 character twitter-war format. But will b addressing all these issues in depth in my book based on years of research. Meanwhile u could read his Hindu Rashtra darshan and also (1/n)
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My dear Manu. Interesting "conversations" on ur TL appeared on mine n as a dear friend thought of sharing views wt a disclaimer of being neither an expert on Kerala history or Hindu theology or specifically #sabarimala. Open to b corrected (1/n)
1. I reckon u might hv mixed social evils such as dalit non-entry into temples n fundamental theology based on the sthalapuranam of #Sabarimala. Bhutanata upakhyanam doesn't forbid the former but states latter "will" of Deity to maintain naisthika or indefinite brahmacharya(2/n)
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#VeerSavarkar was secular till he saw at Kala Pani

-M inmates as many as Hs despite 1/4th pop in country
-All Ms in jail 4 crimes-rape/kill/riot while most Hs 4 fighting British
-M criminals forcibly circumcise Hs & pollute their food w/ saliva/meat to make them accept Islam.
M hooliganism+terror at Kala Pani made #VeerSavarkar realise that he had been fighting wrong enemy (British) all along. M inmates used 2 teach Quran to non-Ms to convert them. Savarkar started teaching Satyarth Prakash (marvel of Sw Dayanand) to Hs & Ms, did Shuddhi/reconversion.
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Ratnakar Sadasyula-రత్నాకర్ సదస్యుల
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Jayanti of my hero Vinayak Damodar Savarkar today, a man who has been my inspiration. Now it's impossible to capture Savarkar's greatness in one single thread, there is just so much to him, this is more a personal tribute to him.
Savarkar is that kind of multi faceted personality, cannot be captured in one single thread or post. Every phase of his life, is a separate thread by itself, be it his early days, his stay in London, and then there is his Cellular Jail phase, a separate chapter.
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Sarvesh K Tiwari
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On birth anniversary of Nanaka, posting some utterances of his.

Note, by ‘सहसाकिरता’ in the first line of the second pada, Nanaka refers to संस्कृत (or study of vyAkaraNa)
Idea of the 1st:

Take a dip in the tIrtha, the ‘Name’ is tIrtha
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Some have mastered Sanskrit (grammar), some have studied the Puranas, while some have done (extensive) japa-s and others have done meditations... ignorant Nanak has learnt nothing, save saying your name. Ignorant as I am, protect me prabhu, have mercy
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