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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicVeer Savarkar

Topic: Veer Savarkar

Perjury plea against Rahul Gandhi for ‘misleading court’ in Veer Savarkar defamation case

The application alleges that he misled the court by repeatedly denying receipt of evidence linked to his controversial speeches in London, where he made 'defamatory' remarks on Savarkar.

Dhankhar invokes Savarkar’s realism, backs national interest as India’s international diplomacy compass

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar reflected on shifting global order & India’s political landscape at launch of RSS leader & India Foundation President Ram Madhav's book 'New World'.

Dharmveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road? Learn the art of naming

It is very much possible to name infrastructure in a way that promotes historical remembrance, as demonstrated by the common usage of ‘Atal Setu’ or ‘JFK Airport’.

Trump, Hitler, Savarkar represent nationalism that ‘narrows minds’—Congress workers’ training manual

The booklet on ideology is part of a training module, prepared by Congress's frontal organisation Seva Dal. The party advocates ‘Indian patriotism, not Hindu nationalism’, it says.

ED can kick back & relax as CBI takes lead, and a land ‘where the criminal mind is without fear’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Subhas Chandra Bose wasn’t ‘anti-Savarkar’. Here’s how it’s more nuanced than you thought

The question that had remained unanswered until now was — why did a self-proclaimed leftist Bose ally with the Mahasabha?

Savarkar had said there is no problem in eating beef: Congress’ Digvijaya Singh

Digvijaya Singh also said the BJP will change the Constitution and bring an end to the reservation system if it is voted to power again in 2024.

Choose 1, Congress or conscience said Savarkar. 50 years on, congress’s bias still showing

In 'Veer Savarkar', Mahurkar and Pandit say Savarkar's unalloyed nationalism could prevent Partition. Sadly, no one knows.

Bhagwat repeats Hindu-Muslim ‘bhai-bhai’ pitch, says only pattern of worship is different

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was speaking at launch of ‘Veer Savarkar: The man who could have prevented Partition’, by information commissioner and former journalist Uday Mahurkar. 

Off The Cuff with Vikram Sampath

Vikram Sampath, historian and author, was the guest at this edition of ThePrint's Off The Cuff. In a conversation with ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Sampath...

On Camera

With Param Sundari, the North-South divide is back

Bollywood has clearly not learned anything from its past mistakes. The habit of stereotyping South Indians claims its latest victim in Param Sundari — the Malayalis.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.