Topic: Savarkar
Shashi Tharoor declines “Veer Savarkar award” amid outrage; right wing NGO claims he had agreed earlier
A political row erupted on Monday after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was named the recipient of the “Veer Savarkar International Impact Award” by NGO HRDS India, which he declined, even as the organisation claimed he had earlier agreed to accept it.
Historians slam Urdu translation glorifying Savarkar backed by NCPUL, say “he believed only in Hindu dominance”
Following the publication of an Urdu translation of a book glorifying Hindutva leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar by the National Council for the Promotion of...
Savarkar portrait installed in JNUSU office by union joint secretary, others protest
A portrait of Hindutva leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was installed in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union office by the union joint secretary Vaibhav Meena of ABVP on May 28th, on the occasion of the RSS ideologue’s birth anniversary, without following due procedure.
Congress condemns Sena (UBT) leader’s “cowardly” threats to Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of Savarkar
The Maharashtra Congress has strongly condemned Darade’s threats. State president Harshwardhan Sapkal termed the comments “cowardly” and asserted that Rahul Gandhi’s views on Savarkar are based on “publicly available historical records.”
Savarkar saw Muslims as potential traitors: Rahul Gandhi tells Pune court in defamation case
Vinayak Savarkar was known for his "anti-Muslim" writings ever since he was in jail, Rahul Gandhi said.
Don’t be too quick to hail liberal media’s new poster boy
Arun Shourie's career is a masterclass in ideological somersaults, each more bewildering than the last. Once the darling of the right-wing intelligentsia, he now...
