Just a reminder that all of Savarkar's work after release from jail has easily verifiable multiple sources of his bigotry and fascism.
The hagiography of his younger "revolutionary" days comes primarily from a book that was revealed later to be written by him.
Self-made man. 🙄
Savarkar's own words from late 1920s till his death in 1960s, extensively published, reported, quoted in marathi as well as english, are easily googleable. In contrast, details of his "saagaraa praaN taLmaLalaa" heroics are almost entirely based on what he wrote under a pen name.
The objective facts about Savarkar are
- he was a good student, and had a flair for words, especially marathi poetry
- he was involved in some violent anti Brit revolutionary activity in his younger days. Was caught and jailed as a terrorist. This is objective fact.
He was sent to Andaman, which was like Raj gitmo. So he was not exactly marching on the streets distributing pamphlets.
But there is sooooo much flowery detail in the story up to his arrest that without verification, it's mainly self hagiography. Like Modi and the crocodile.
The detailed, verifiable, and frankly relevant part of his life for us is post release after his mercy petition. That is all right there if you go looking for it. Bigot, avowed fascist, praised nazis, fomenting terrorism not against the British but fellow Indians.
If you, like me, grew up a brahmin in maharashtra, you probably grew up revering Savarkar as some combo of Bhagat Singh and Tilak. Unless you're a sanghi, you should re-evaluate that reverence. His own nazi words are right there. On the internet and in libraries and book stores.

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~70% people still wearing masks, covering noses properly.
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