Remembering women from our glorious past this Navratri ...
Savarkars
The freedom struggle of the Savarkar brothers тАФ Ganesh Savarkar, Vinayak Savarkar & Narayan Savarkar is often spoken about. But the sacrifices & struggles of their wives тАФ Yashodabai, +
Yamunabai & Shantabai Savarkar respectively, on personal, social & freedom fronts, are not known much.
These three ladies, in spite of having to suffer the anguish of separation from their husbands, starvation & hunger, carried on their husbandsтАЩ struggles for freedom. +
Bharat has suffered 800+ yrs of Khilji, Ghori, Lodhi, Gazhani, Mughal invasions one after other. Next British, Portuguese & others ruled us for around 200 yrs. Each time we had invasions, our monuments, scriptures, valuables & most importantly our culture were destroyed.
Vedas, Ramayan & Mahabharat were worst hit by distortion of facts.
But, we can still link geographical mentions found in Ramayan into modern times
No other nation & no other religion in the world, has such an ancient history, supported by evidences of architecture,