Savarkar, India’s ‘Ratna’ of a Different Kind! – By Subhash Gatade
It was in the wee hours of dawn of the 21st century that renowned scholar and historian, Eric Hobsbawm, had talked about the process of “destroying the past” to “modify” it or how “mythology is replacing knowledge” in his speech at Columbia University in New York City.…
With the ascent of Hindutva supremacist forces in polity and society in this part of the world, perhaps this process has reached its extreme, so much so that every other saffronite seems to have gathered enough confidence to claim legitimacy to any weird thing. The news that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its election manifesto (for the Maharashtra Assembly) has promised that it would confer Bharat Ratna, the country’s topmost honour, on VD Savarkar if voted to power, should be seen in this light.…
The question is: Why does Savarkar still remain such a controversial figure that this proposal has met with condemnation from different political quarters?… In fact, it needs to be simultaneously acknowledged that Savarkar displayed tremendous cowardice in jail, wrote six mercy petitions to the Britishers for an early release – wherein he had even expressed his readiness to “serve the government in any capacity they like”.…
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SEE ALSO:
- RSS/BJP Bharat Ratna Nominee Savarkar Joined Hands With British Masters In Crushing Quit India Movement – By Shamsul Islam (Oct 19, 2019, Countercurrents)
https://countercurrents.org/2019/10/rss-bjp-bharat-ratna-nominee-savarkar-joined-hands-with-british-masters-in-crushing-quit-india-movement - Zionism and Hindutva: Communal cousins – By Anupama Katakam (Sep 27, 2019, Frontline)
https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article29390909.ece - Say No To Bharat Ratna For Savarkar – By Dr Aurobindo Ghose (Oct 19, 2019, Countercurrents)
https://countercurrents.org/2019/10/say-no-to-bharat-ratna-for-savarkar - Hindutva Mobilisation Of Women – A Serious Concern For Women’s Movement – By Shivangi Gupta (Sep 26, 2019, Feminism in India)
https://feminisminindia.com/2019/09/26/hindutva-mobilisation-women-serious-concern-womens-movement/
