返回Google圖書搜尋

Braveheart Savarkar: Keeper of the Secular Saffron Flame

出版	Independently Published, 2019-04-06
主題	Political Science / General
ISBN	10928832749781092883276
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WTr_yQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Savarkar evokes a mix of powerful emotions across the political spectrum. His followers and fans adore and worship him. His critics and detractors despise and denigrate him. Savarkar's concept of Hindutva energizes today's political debate.His message of Hindu unity still resonates across the country. His sacrifices and torture in the Andamans elicit tears and respect. His counsel of violence, revenge, and retaliation against enemies stands in stark contrast to the pacifist traditions of the nation.His focus on logic, reason, scientific temper, and agnostic outlook is quietly ignored and buried by his devotees and doubters alike. His bold statement that the cow is merely a useful animal would not be popular even today.The critics attack him as anti-minority, divisive, and guilty in the Gandhi assassination. The criticism speedily becomes ad hominem and a grim, dark, and shocking picture of Savarkar emerges from the collective scholarly literature.

Savarkar remains a secular riddle wrapped in a saffron mystery.

Whither the truth? A demanding question!
Can we answer it? A formidable mission!
Thus begins the story of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Read it. Be the judge.