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Topic: Savarkar

Gwalior to Godse — Was Sardar Patel soft on Savarkar in Gandhi murder case, and if so, why

My mother was part of the prosecution team in the Gandhi murder trial. She pointed out several loopholes that were allowed to remain so.

Sibal on his friend Jaitley, Bibek Debroy on his legacy & Manu Joseph on Savarkar

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

As a teenager, Savarkar tried to destroy a mosque & was sad Hindus weren’t united

In the polarised tinderbox that was Maharashtra in 1890s, Vinakay Damodar Savarkar and his school mates were enraged by attacks on Hindus.

Delhi University Students Union removes unauthorised busts of Savarkar, Bhagat Singh, Bose

The three busts were installed in the campus on 20 August by ABVP's outgoing DUSU president Shakti Singh without the permission of authorities.

Savarkar wanted one god, one nation, one goal. Modi has fulfilled his dream with Kashmir move

Savarkar had cautioned Nehru government not to stretch Muslim appeasement policy in Kashmir to the point where it becomes dangerous for India.

In Jerusalem, I saw a reflection of Ayodhya

Zionism has numerous symbolic parallels with Hindutva as espoused by Savarkar.

Read this before deciding whether Savarkar was a British stooge or strategic nationalist

Rahul Gandhi’s selective quoting of Savarkar’s prison petition is intellectually disingenuous.

RSS benefits most from keeping Hindutva loosely defined

Hindutva is celebrated by the RSS/BJP; but there is no serious effort to clarify it.

Politics in past tense

If you are so obsessed with the past, you cannot really leave it behind.

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Your place or mine? This dating question comes with extreme risks, dirty pillows & toilets

Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.