Comments by "" (@kallachi729) on "Author Vikram Sampath on his 2-volume work on Savarkar, his view on Gandhi, Hindutva, RSS/Golwalkar" video.

  1. At the outset my felicitation and thanks to Vikarm for telling the story, although much delayed, of the "misunderstood and maligned patriot"(in Vikram’s words) and a social reformist. What beats logic is that in our school days, Autocratic rulers like Aurangzeb, Hyder Ali etc (whose conduct was contrary to the nominal Human Rights standards - recorded and proven) were given prominence, if at all there were only passing references to VDS and Netaji. Just the social reform of breaking the “seven shackles” is reason enough to promote and study VDS Would you say that the British Raj, deliberately downplayed the contribution of leaders like VD Sarkar and Netaji in the Freedom movement (Indian) and propped up leaders of the INC, including influencing the school syllabus in an education system modelled in the British style? It then became a fait accompli for the new leaders of Independent India.
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