"Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar says BJP. Vikram Sampath Talks to Barkha Dutt on Savarkar
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- Veer Savarkar is the subject of a new biography by historian and author Vikram Sampath. Sampath argues that Gandhi and Savarkar were irreconcilable poles of Indian history and it is Savarkar's vision that has defined contemporary India, not Gandhi's.
I cried reading the book. Savarkars suffering in Cellular jail was gut wrenching.
Really looking forward to it 🙏
Prior to 1947 many partitions of India took place and much of the hindu lands were made into separate countries now (Most of them are now muslim counties like Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, but some Buddhist countries like Myanmar, Burma, Tibet (which was in 1950 occupied by china). Finally in 1946 East and west Pakistan was made by the british but east Pakistan later separated from Pakistan and became Bangladesh. (Both
Muslims majorty nations)
In 1947 neither Nehru nor Jinnah was elected by the people they were both appointed by the British.
In 1947, the British firstly partitioned India to create Pakistan in 1947 based on religion. India for 90% Hindus, Sikh population and Pakistan for only 8-9% Muslims population. But the land given to create Pakistan is 30% of India this was achieved via 30% reservation to Muslims in provisional elections.
But in 1947 the British decided to give 30% of India land was given to form Pakistan which was for the only 8-9% Muslims living in undivided India. In 1947 90% Indian muslims voted for creation of Pakistan and then later the same muslims stayed back in India and claimed they were loyal Indians. If they were loyal why did they vote for creation of Pakistan. So 10% of Muslims enjoyed a largely uninhabited Pakistan for muslims. Whereas my grand parents who were Hindu came to an over crowded India not knowing that 90% muslims will not leave the part created for hindus by the British. But this did not bother the British after all this was not their problem. But those 22% Hindus who stayed back in west Pakistan were killed/ converted / forced out by 1991 census their population was reduced to less then 2%. Same happened in east Paksitan hind or bangladesh Hindus were reduced from 29% to 6.5%.
In 1947, My Grand Parents were living in current day Pakistan but they were given no choice, Either leave our ancestral home in sindh over night & flee to India or be killed or forcefully converted to Islam. So my grand parents migrated to India as we were told this will be country for Hindus. But this was not the first time ours ancestors had already migrated 6 times earlier due to the Muslim Invasions of India from 10th century to 16th Century.
Indians were forced by the British to appoint a certain family favorable to the British hence Nehru was appointed ( not elected by Indians) as Prime minister of India. Till this date this family controls Indian congress party (who ruled India for 65 years since 1947). This family obliged the British to remain in power. Earlier this family had muslim ancestors later they pretended to be Hindu but now the daughter in law took over as head of congress party and she is Christian.
In Pakistan similarly Muslim league was caretakers but later Pakistan army done a coupe of constitutional leadership but they themselves became vassals of the Americans later.
Never forget it took 75 years of independence to get a verdict in favor of Ram Mandir. 65 years of that was under congress rule.
Because India was divided based on religion and India was made for Hindus. In 1951 when the constitution of India was drafted the British forced changes to the constitution of India via the Indian congress party to add clauses to protect rights of the minorities in India.
So the Constitution of India says that Minorities of India have right to practice own religion, and they are allowed to teach own religion texts like bible in schools where minorities are in majority. But the congress party later translated that Hindus cannot get these same rights as minority as constitution does not clarify that Hindu majority schools can teach hindu texts like bhagwad gita and vedas in hindu majorty schools. Hence till date Hindu majorty schools in India cannot teach Bhagwad Gita and Vedas but Muslim majorty school are allowed to teach quran and Christian majority schools allowed to teach bible. Actually now hindus in Muslim majorty school must learn quran and bible if they go to Christian majority schools should they opt for it else they can choose social science. But there is not such arrangement for Hindu majority schools.
Another thing that happened in 1951 is that Muslims who stayed back in India were not accepting universal law drafted for all Indians. So the congress party appointed Prime Minister Nehru allowed Muslims to follow partial sharia in India whereby they were allowed to marry 4 times but Hindus were denied this right despite their religious scripture do not require them to marry only once. As they were forced to accept universal law (renamed as Hindu code bill) which was universal code bill originally drafted for all Indians. Hindus who protested against this were shot dead. Hence no choice was left but for hindus to accept this. The impact of this was that the Hindu population which was 92% in 1946 changed over the years reduced o 76% and the muslim population in India increased from 8% to 24% but officially we are told muslim population is just 14% during last census.
The constitution of India further said that minorites can manage own religions institutions and NGOs. But since the constitution did not clarify this for the hindu majority the Hindu temples in India for the last 75 years are controlled by the state government. And since the government officers can be christian or muslim so any officers can be assigned responsibility to manage the security and treasury of the temples. Congress made sure anyone who protests will be dead and media never covered anything nobody will be left alive to tell his story. Hence in India you can find temples controlled by Muslim or Christian IAS officers of the govt but this is never the case with churches and mosques. As there is no govt control in constitution for minority institutions,
Since the govt controlled the treasury and security of the temples. they could at will withdraw money from temple treasury for the greater good of India and its minority welfare. many a times the money taken from treasury of temples was transferred to chief minister fund and then from there it was used for rice donations to Christians and Muslims during their festivals. This is why christian and muslims will only vote for congress party in India. Rice donation to minorities in billions of dollars made with temple funds. Very few news papers and media wrote about this
Teaching Sanskrit in schools was already stopped by British in 18 century and replaced with foreign language Persian and English made compulsory. As you know the only language Hindus can read vedas or religious scripts is Sanskrit so gradually children was forced to leave Sanskrit due to which Indians now cannot read from own religious scriptures' so now they depend on the translations made by Germans, British, American Sanskrit scholars. We dont have the means to challenge them even if these translations are fake and corrupt because we dont have research funding in India for Sanskrit. Very few people know Sanskrit in India, Nehru and his congress gave funding for persian, arabic, urdu but not for sanskrit. Now Nasa uses sanskrit but Indians dont use sanskrit. And because Sanskrit is not taught and we cannot read our scriptures most Hindus donot know that Hindu was the name given to us by our invaders it was never the name of our religion, Sanatan dharma is the real name. We dont know that caste is not in Sanatan Dharma but a Portuguese word and British who captured caste in their census documents on purpose to divide Indians. Till date you will see christians & muslims always talking about caste discriminations which are fake, as they were never part of hindu religion. Sati became a practice after islamic invasions.
During Islamic invasions girls would be kidnapped by Muslims so to avoid being kidnapped they would kill themselves in absence of any male family member alive to protect them. But the foreign wester writer wrote in their books that this was Hindu religious custom where as it was social solution social due to situation not part of religion. Such fake translations are constantly used in western media to demonize Hindus.
The history Indian books and school curriculum books are written to glorify islamic invasions/ donot tell us much about the persecutions by the British but they also ignore to teach us about many of the great hindu rulers of the past. Hindu history is taught with a purpose to create low esteem among Hindus. Our school curriculum books show Hindus and Brahmins in low light. Recently our school teachers are even started teaching us that Kashmir does not belong to India which is far far away from the truth.
Despite there is a Hindu majority in India it took us 75 years of court battle to get rights to a temple in India which was illegally occupied by Muslims and Hindus believed it to be birth place of one Hindu god but the case which was started before independence during British time they did not want the Hindus to have this temple so it was differed. This is because our Judiciary system still works they way British wanted them to work. It is not designed for justice but to keep Hindus deprived of justice. In 2019 the judment we have been waiting for a century finally came but we gave the muslims
In 1990 in Kashmir the Kashmiri Hindu pandits the original inhabitants whose ancestors lived in Kashmir more then 5000 years faced exodus at the hands of the muslims who came from outside but some sections our Indian media were justifying the genocide and exodus of Hindus saying it was because the the hindus were too educated and hence holding privileged jobs in Kashmir which deprived the muslims so the kashmiri muslims have every right to lynch them to death and do their exodus.
I had to stop while reading to just recover while reading Savarkarji's autobiography in Marathi. It was unbearable...
I read Savarkarji’s autobiography in 6th standard. It was heart wrenching
@@rjhaveri8bh लंलररथथथथथररररऱयरलंलरलंलंललं क्षण याक्ष या हक्षरज्ञक्षरररंरर्ररमणयय या हक्षरज्ञक्षरररंरर्ररमणययभ्ज्ञक्ष क्षण मतं या हक्षक्षक्षहज्ञ क्षण क्षण क्षक्षह क्षण ज्ञ क्षण ज्ञज्ञज्ञह
I don't like Barkha but watched this video only because of Savarkar.
I do agree 👌
Same here........ Or who wud like to watch ugly witch
Same here
Same here. :)
Me too.
How could barkha be so sensible.😂.. a huge thanks to vikram sampath.
She has found someone speaking TRUTH. not your truth or my truth but TRUTH AS IS.
@@rajkundnani4414 her eyes with anger
Lets see if arnab can manage the same without blowing his puny brain out
Not sensible she is caught red handed for spreading lies about the hero in real sense.
Still she is trying to push her narratives. After all she is brainwashed ‘liberal’ journalist. Thanks to Vikram Sampath for finding out truth and smearing on her face
Thank you Vikram Sampath for studying and writing about Veer Savarkar. This was much needed. His image was maligned for political gains.
Totally agree.
He has written only till Savarkar of 1924. The next Half (1924-66)when he joined Hindu Mahasabha, proposed Two Nation Theory (which lead to partition), promoted religious divide, supported British, campaigned and conspired against Indian Freedom Movement. He was the only one who was getting 60rs pension from British for upposing Gandhi and Congress and fulfilling common objective of British Empire and Hindu Mahasabha .Nathuram Godse was his most loyal follower with whom he was tried and acquited only because of no proof. Kapoor Commission Report (1969) states and prooves that Gandhi's assassination was his conspiracy with Godse and his other followers , but he could not be tried as he was dead by 1966.
@@krishnapachori693 he acknowledged, two nation theory not proposed ..he was misquoted by media .and one week later he clearly said what he said .and he was praised by Netaji for youth joining in British army ...
@@krishnapachori693 He spoke the truth, secularism is bogus when it comes to brotherhood with muslims.
Even ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary.
I have ordered the book in flipkart,I'm eagerly waiting to read this one, I've read book about savarkar in Kannada,thanks to Vikram Sampath Ji for the research.
Ras bhihari Bose who founded INA was President of Hindu Mahasabha.
Savarkar was President of Hindu Mahasabha.
Its clearly shows that Savarkar was behind to form INA. Writer already said that Savarkar written book on 1957 copies found with many INA soilders.
After resignation from INC Bose meet Savarkar, as per suggestion given by Savarkar Bose went to Japan and took charge of INA.
It was Savarkar who urged Indian youth to join British armed forces later Atlee revealed that it was armed revolt which forced british to leave India as early what they had planed before.
@@sumitgaikwad3823 Kannada li yav book ide
bro vikram sampath kannadiga
Savarkarji objected to Gandhi calling the Dalits as Harijans. He argued they are as much part of Hinduism as other communities. By calling them Harijans they were being segregated, he argued.
Mahatma did not have the real, huge and inclusive vision like Veer Savarkar to bring together Indians.
@@anushkananiwadekar5274 bharat ratna for Savarkar i telll uuuu .... nothing less he and only he got india its freedom . He should be named father of britain .... oops sorry i meant the father of india. Everyone else should be named the father of the Pakistan.
@@sandykhp to clear all your above filth, read vikram sampath second book & sanitize but i know you won't because you belong to that catagory of apologists who mortgage our country to a family since independence. Antonio maino squad for life ✌🏽
@@rajeshreddy4491 ; but many revolutionaries preferred the gallows n didn’t beg clemency 8 times n accepted pension
such bullshit. calling dalits harijan is segregation but calling them dalit which literally means untouchable is not segregation. if he objected to when they were called harijan it was only because those whom he considered so low were being ref as the people of god.
Well done, young Vikram. Wish you all the best, and looking forward to much more work from you.
Never watched Burkha Dutt programme for more than 5 minutes . But this one was so interesting and inspiring that couldn't stop from watching 2 times .
She is really worried, how people are coming with these real heroes stories which they dumped, conquered and suppressed for 70 years
Yaaa i know right. Even ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary.
The dislike on her face is so clear as Mr. Vikram crushes the lies spread for last 75 years about Veer Savarkar
@@anushkananiwadekar5274 she is such a demon 😈 i tell u. Constantly spewinh hatred about hindus and our supreme leader of north korea modiji ..... oops i mean supreme leader of india ..... jai modiii
Yes sir , I concur with the fact that , I haven't read or even heard about savarkar sir , during my schooling (ICSE). Unfortunate and tragic.
@P S yah ! brirish boot lickers had a great role in indian independece.
Savarkar once said that it takes 50 years for people to understand and acknowledge his thoughts.
@@rishadar has ur ancestor went cellular jail wtf are y talking everyine knw muslim were fighting alongwith british to ur knwledge most powerful ofgicer of cellular jail was muslim traitor u dont hv right to talk about vir savarkar
You clearly did not read well. books.google.com/books?id=usgnwPQOFYMC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=icse+history+savarkar&source=bl&ots=Jm7Szbxsdl&sig=ACfU3U0QMcl9pPklRehgl9CyLOszok0TiA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwju-qC9o8PkAhXQo54KHZW2BW4Q6AEwCXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=icse%20history%20savarkar&f=false
Bhakta spotted here they don't read
Thanks Vikram, we all so baldly needed to know the alternate view. Romila Thapar and likes had given us completely one sided point of view. History needs to be studied from multiple sides n sources, bcz human baises always distorts it.
Romila Thapar's historical work is confined to the ancient and medieval period. A period well before, western ships set sail for India. Forgive her for not finding Savarkar (who no doubt deserves his chapter in the history of modern India) in that time.
Is this not true??
Savarkar's Collaboration with the colonial government
Savarkar was elected as the president of Hindu Mahasabha in 1937, the year when the Indian National Congress won what we today call a landslide victory in the provincial elections, decimating both the Hindu Mahasabha and that other communal party, the Muslim League, which failed to form a government even in Muslim-majority regions. But just two years later, the Congress relinquished power in protest when, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, declared India to be at war with Germany without any consultation.
In September 1939, the working committee of the Congress declared that it would render support to Britain’s war efforts in her time of crisis only if the colonial government recognised India’s independence and “the right of her people to frame their constitution through a constituent assembly”. When dominion status was the last concession Linlithgow was willing to grant to India, the ministers of the Congress resigned in protest.
Quick to grab the opportunity, the very next month, Savarkar, in his capacity as president of the Hindu Mahasabha, met Linlithgow. In the report about the meeting sent to secretary of state, Linlithgow wrote:
“The situation, he [Savarkar] said, was that His Majesty’s government must now turn to the Hindus and work with their support…. Our interests were now the same and we must therefore work together… Our interests are so closely bound together, the essential thing is for Hinduism and Great Britain to be friends and the old antagonism was no longer necessary. The Hindu Mahasabha he went on to say favoured an unambiguous undertaking of Dominion status at the end of the war.”
Two months later, addressing the Mahasabha’s Calcutta session, Savarkar urged all universities, colleges and schools to “secure entry into military forces for youths in any and every way.” When Gandhi had launched his individual satyagraha the following year, Savarkar, at the Mahasabha session held in December 1940 in Madura, encouraged Hindu men to enlist in “various branches of British armed forces en masse.”
In 1941, taking advantage of the World War, Bose had begun raising an army to fight the British by recruiting Indian prisoners of war from the British army held by the Axis powers - efforts which eventually culminated in his invasion of British India with the help of the Japanese military. During this period, addressing the Hindu Mahasabha session at Bhagalpur in 1941, Savarkar told his followers:
“..it must be noted that Japan’s entry into the war has exposed us directly and immediately to the attack by Britain’s enemies…Hindu Mahasabhaites must, therefore, rouse Hindus especially in the provinces of Bengal and Assam as effectively as possible to enter the military forces of all arms without losing a single minute.”
In reciprocation, the British commander-in-chief, “expressed his grateful appreciation of the lead given by Barrister Savarkar in exhorting the Hindus to join the forces of the land with a view to defend India from enemy attacks,” according to Hindu Mahasabha archives perused by Shamsul Islam.
In response to the Quit India Movement launched in August 1942, Savarkar instructed Hindu Sabhaites who were “members of municipalities, local bodies, legislatures or those serving in the army… to stick to their posts,” across the country. At that time, when Japan had conquered many Southeast Asian countries in India’s vicinity, Bose was making arrangements to go from Germany to Japan - from whose occupied territories the INA’s assault on British forces was launched in October the following year.
It was under these circumstances that Savarkar not only instructed those serving in the British army to ‘stick to their posts’, but had also been involved for years in “organising recruitment camps for the British armed forces which were to slaughter the cadres of INA in different parts of North-East later.” In one year alone, Savarkar had boasted in Madura, one lakh Hindus were recruited into the British armed forces as a result of the Mahasabha’s efforts.
Even though the British Army, with which Savarkar and the Hindu Mahasabha were collaborating, managed to defeat Bose’s INA, the subsequent public trials of INA officers at the Red Fort roused in the Indian soldiers of the British armed forces a political conscience, which played a crucial role in triggering the Royal Indian Naval Mutiny in 1946, after which the decision was made by the British to leave India.
In coalition with the Muslim League when Pakistan resolution was passed
That Savarkar and the Hindu Mahasabha actively collaborated with the British may not be difficult to comprehend, since it is widely known that the Hindutva groups regarded Muslims, and not the British, as their primary enemies. What is likely to raise more eyebrows today is the collaboration of the Hindu Mahasabha with the Muslim League.
When the Congress leaders were arrested during the Quit India movement, the Hindu Mahasabha, still presided over by Savarkar, entered into a coalition with the Muslim League to run the governments in Sindh and Bengal - a move Savarkar justified as “practical politics” which calls for “advance through reasonable compromises”.
After all, in spite of the deeply-held conviction by Savarkar and his party that the Muslims - whose holy land lies in a foreign country - cannot be regarded as Indian nationals, the Hindu Mahasabha nevertheless had a great deal in common with the Muslim League. Both parties made no contribution to the struggle for independence from the colonising empire and both were communal parties whose ideologies antagonised the prospects of India remaining undivided after independence.
Even after the Sindh Assembly passed a resolution in 1943 demanding that Pakistan be carved out of India as a separate state for the Muslims, the Mahasabha ministers continued to hold their positions in the coalition government. Not entirely surprising, given that Savarkar had put forth his two-nation theory “a clear sixteen years before the Muslim League embraced the idea of the Hindus and the Muslims as two distinctive nations and demanded the division of India.” And when India was eventually partitioned, Savarkar blamed Gandhifor allowing Pakistan to break away from India, an accusation that stoked the fires of hatred against Gandhi among many of his close devotees, including his ‘lieutenant’ - Nathuram Godse.
@@MohitYadav-yo9qe thanks for sharing
@@jennythomasmathew don't worry, Though we were unfortunate to be born years later post Independence but the least we can do is to not forget the memories of our grand father's who have their life so that we can declare ourselves to be - Born Free.
The propaganda is weak but loud. No amount of sugarcoating can save Savarkar from his sins. Infact I didn't know much about Savarkar's role untill recently when it was brought up by BJP. They have helped popularise this villian of the people, who collaborated with the British to weaken our movement.
There has to be a reason why masses didn't care for Savarkar.
Also I am puzzled about a thing- Till British left India, they paid a pension of RS 60 to Savarkar. I wonder for what services?????
@@MohitYadav-yo9qe this chutiya is copy pasting a anti hindu propaganda article from wire the liar whose 80%contents are fake and fabricated.beware from these ullu pretending to be historian by writing a lengthy comments.
You are a blessing to the intellectual void we have been suffering , Vikram sampath.
Savarkar is great ! Bose is great ! Bhagat singh is great !
Bose used to read savarkars writing the author is saying in this video.
Savarkar was revolutionary.
Gandhi was pacifist resistor.
I challenge anyone to spend 1 month in Kaala Pani.
British sent only those people to Kala pani from whom their asses got burnt .
Edit: today's India should not be a pacifist nation.
Every citizen of country must hold weapons cause we are sorrounded by enemies from all over the world who want to destroy our dharma (faith), sabhyta(civilization) and desha(country).
I don't adhere to gandhi thoughts and everyone should realize that gandhi alone did not bring freedom there were 1000+ freed fighters.
Glorifying only gandhi is done by Congress to remain in power instead of abusing freedom fighters just kick Congress mentality out first.
Dont compare both. Bagath singh was a brave revolutionary. Savarkar may be a patriot but not a brave man at all...!
@@ash10k9 being brave is not greatness , savarkar was intellectual Philosopher who was founder of his own ideology . Gandhi and savarkar were the only ones who founded something original . Bhagat singh followed foreign ideologies like communism and anarchism which were totally unfit for contemporary indian society. Brave people dont move the world forward the intellectuals do . And bhagat singh killed the wrong person and got a death sentence for it so u just cannot compare a ideological fountainhead and a brave person. Sorry if this hurts ur feeling .
@@ash10k9 If somebody have to live under prison extreme circumstances for 13 years of long tym anyone can break and their will he become so weak start suffering from so many diseases
As far I read history gandhiji and nehruji never got such punishment.and others who are fellow of gandhiji and nehruji..
Don't dare mention Bose and Bhagat Singh with that traitor Savarkar.
Can't compare a chamcha like sarvarkar with a hero like Bharat singh
This video shows that even barkha dutt can be tolerated if the opponent is as good as Mr. Sampath.
I learned about Savarkar from my parents telling me stories... he is right, no mention of this daredevil freedom fighter in the history textbooks we read :-(
Even ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary
@@sandykhphehe nhi toh Gandhi aur barbaad kar deta India ko.
Such good questions by Barkha. With such eloquence, it's no wonder he's a writer. He fielded every question with passion. makes me want to go out and buy the book and read.
Sampath rocks! This fresh, apparently well-researched new biography of Savarkar was a HUGE revelation to me, having been subjected to either highly hagiographical or highly damning versions. Both Savarkar and Sampath come out as winners.
Why were the mighty British so afraid of Savarkar ?
That's not a fear of lies being spread.
That's the fear of truth being revealed.
There's no greater fear for the tyrant.
I bow before the great , " Veer Savarkar " ,
our greatest unsung Hero.
He was powerful. Influencial. That scared them. His guts to unite the majority against a common enemy while taking on Jinnah at the same time.
Savarkar was the greatest freedom fighter. He was inspiration and undercurrent of the revolution movement say like a thread of a garland.
Being Marathi I have read his book 'Mazi Janmathep' i.e. My Life Imprisonment. It should have been translated in all languages. Everybody needs to understand how agony he has hone through in Andaman and even before that. Many people went insane and committed suicide. But this man not only survived but also composed poems there without pen or pencil. Such a strong by mind a multi faceted person.
Even todays dreaded criminals wont stand kala pani of andaman what he has gone through.
The book has a very attractive cover, which reflects Savarkar's great personality! I admire Vikram Sampath for his remarkable contribution!! Thumps up!!!
How much people might crticize Veer savarkar , we are happy that India is ultimately going on veer savarkar's path . He was a atheist & Icon of modernization. Some People think that by spinning charkha wheel 24x7 India got independence . Savarkarji was a visionary & with his knowledge about geo politics he could predict the event well in advance . 5 years before 1962 Indo-china war savarkar had written letter to Nehruji telling him not be so close to china , not to trust them & increase Indian army near himalayas . Nehruji didnt even bother to see the letter & trusted Chinese more than Indian patriot . We all saw the result . Worst part is half of the Indian soldiers died because they didnt had proper winter clothes & shoes.
@Chinmay Bhogaonkar you will not get one.
If savarkar is a atheist...... Why bjp is hindu......
@Chinmay Bhogaonkar savarkar had given this statement in a news paper after India lost tibet to China in 1950 . I will try to get the exact archives as however this is not something which is hidden . But till then you can go through this article there is a seperate paragraphed with bold letters on Indo China war with Savarkar's exact statement. www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyo.in/lite/politics/veer-savarkar-mahatma-gandhi-jawaharlal-nehru-narendra-modi-hindu-mahasabha-hindutva-sangh-parivar-rss/story/1/8698.html
@@chandrashekharpadala8242 Hindu is a geographical identity & not religious one. So even a atheist can be a Hindu. BJP is a outfit of RSS. Savarkar was from Hindu Mahasabha though both were Hindu organization there was a bit of thinking difference between them . Savarkar was not interested in Hindu rituals .He wanted to build country through modernization in Defence , Industrialization , science. He was the first Hindu who said that there is no God in a cow . Hindus should not treat cow equivalent to God ,. If you are utilizing her so better take care of her till it's last breath. .He knew where the world was headed to . RSS on other hand was orthodox . It was difficult for them to digest savarkar views on cow & other things . Only common thing that RSS - savarkar had was removal of caste system & everybody should come under the umbrella of hindutva. You even can't blame RSS as in 1930 Hindus were bit orthodox .There major focus was on upliftment of Hindus through education. Later as the time went by RSS came to know the importance of Savarkar in terms of Modernization & Defence . So they adopted some of Savarkar's policy but still rejects his views on cow & other hindu rituals .
There are some things that I simply don't understand.
A. Savarkar and his friends during their childhood were said to have vandalized a Muslim mosque "to their heart's content" during riots in his home district of Bhagur.
B. Savarkar often equated the status of Muslims and Christians in India to the status of Jews in Germany during the World Wars and believed that as if they were secondary and would never be able to "assimilate" in the Hindu Rashtra ideal. In 1938, Savarkar also mentioned that "if we Hindus in India grow stronger in time, these Moslem friends of the league type will have to play the part of German Jews." He called "Nazism to be the saviour of Germany." He also pointed out that Nazism and Fascism were "the most congenial tonics, their health demanded." When Nehru critized Hitler for the wanton genocide of Jews, Savarkar criticised Nehru for opposing Nazism, arguing "Surely Hitler knows better than Pandit Nehru does what suits Germany best."
Now I am not a Nehru fan but at least Hitler was known to be an extremist and a militant. Not only criminal Jews but even innocent Jews were gratuitously killed during the Holocaust. Holocaust is considered one of the worst stains on the history of mankind. How could Savarkar, being so revered by many in this comments section, possibly justify the genocide by Nazism and Fascism? Then on the other hand, in his 'Public Appeal to the Bombay Electorate in the Non Mohammedan Constituency', on 24 November 1945, he said that all non-hindu minorities must be given equal rights and status and should be appointed for various jobs based solely on merit. Why these double standards? Seems as though he is contradicting his earlier statements about equating Muslims and Christians with Jews of Germany. Savarkar also praised the establishment of the Jewish state. Savarkar in a statement issued on 19 December 1947, expressed joy at the recognition of the claim of Jewish people to establish an independent Jewish state, and likened the event to the glorious day on which Moses led them out of Egyptian bondage. He considered that justice demanded the restoration of the entire Palestine to the Jews, their historical holy land and Fatherland. He regretted India's vote at the United Nations against the creation of the Jewish state terming the vote a policy of appeasement of Muslims. So on one hand Savarkar justifies the mass genocide of the Jews on the hands of the Germans and on the other hand while on the other hand he supports the establishment of the Jewish state in the land of the Palestinians which inherently require the oppression of Palestinians. I don't understand these contradictory ideologies by Savarkar. He believed that Muslims and other non-hindus such as Christians and Parsis and Jews were outsiders incapable of assimilating themselves into Savarkar's version of a new progressive Hindu Rashtra and on the other hand he proposed absolute equality for these non-hindu minorities in various socioeconomic and sociocultural scenarios.
Can anyone explain with references as to why Savarkar called Gandhi a hypocrite when Savarkar himself had such contradictory views? I'm non Gandhi fan. I'm am an agnostic born and raised in a Muslim household.
Barakhaji को बहोत बुरा लग रहा है। sampatji is to the point precisely, without hesitancy, confidant with authoritative quick answers... Lefty का धुवा दिखाई नाही देता। लेकीन ज ल न होती तो है।
Vikram Sampath... Very well articulated... And rational thought put together....✌️👌
A great piece on Savarkar. Vikram has done an excellent job of doing research to back his case. He is very articulate and to the point. Barkha is now positioning herself less as a leftist and more a "left of centre" is a pleasant shock. This is adding value as a journalist and in the long run will capture a larger audience. As for Gandhi the more I read and hear about him the less enthused I am of him. The Nehruvian leftists have done a great disservice in distorting Indian history which I hope will see the much needed revision so that our future generations don't grow up like us: fed on bald face lies masquerading as truths!!
There were tears in my eyes after watching this video and getting to know some stark facts about veer savarkar 🙏👍 Eagerly waiting to read this book some day
Savarkar is the soul of India. He deserves a place on currency notes along with Ambedkar
C'mon he's a puppet of Britishers ! He have given in writing that I'll obey all British rules & I'll always remain loyal to Queen you call him hero ? Are you in your senses just to save his ass he have sold his soul ! Firangi Kutta a better word for him
His real name was shoeworker..😂😂😁
these people commenting below are it cell of someone who didn't even watch the video to be posting this comment, such people are as moron as those who just read the title of a news item rather than opening the article
@@soul_stripper8294 Btw it's not article its a video goof 😂😂😂 2nd thing I know you're pakka bhakat of modi like Savarkar was of Britishers 😂😂
@Raja amir you're a moron to take this literally whereas I'm drawing comparisons, I guess you've learnt English on duolingo. Lol
Only hero with title Vir - One and only Vir Savarkar - A true son of maa Bharati..Salute to this great Hindu hero.
Bir Tikendrajit of Manipur is another one
@@pradeephawaibam4975 Yes there were many unsung heroes who worked for freedom of our country
Even ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary
Ambedkar and Savarkar were soul of India. Time now to undo history and give them space in history.
ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary
Vikram ji ,thank you very much for enlightenment & put the history in right perspective
Articulate and Apt, Hats off Mr.Sampat.
You have clearly clarified all the misconstrued facts about Savarkar without demonizing any opposition or Lionizing the supporters.
Wow Vikram! You rattled Barkha Dutt!
Such a refreshing and insightful conversation. Thrilled to see Vikram a young historian delve into parts of our history that has been pushed aside and ignored. A true patriot. Ironically, Savarkar has become more relevant today than Gandhi after his death, whereas Gandhi was relevant while he was alive.
Vikram Sampath👌👌
she sounds so offended by "Its Savarkars vision of India that we see today not Gandhis", that she had to bring it to counter two more times in following 15 minutes
Honestly so am I
Those who support Khilafat movement even tdy won’t like Gandhi to b replaced with a true nationalist like Veer Savarkar. Her bigotry since 1989 Kashmiri Pundit genocides till date is unparalleled, she is Azhar Masood’s Fav Journo for a reason...
@@manmathsinghdeo5220 Deal with it or start weaving charkha
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Excellent interview, Barkha (although I've never been a fan). Vikram Sampath also is very articulate.
Savarkar Ji is one of our greatest sons of India. He deserves much much more respect than anybody else. Congress Party commits sin when it vilifies his image.
She misunderstood completely on difference between Gandhi vs savarakar and Ambedkar. The guest is saying Gandhi was NOT reformist of cast system while Savarkar and Ambedkar WERE reformist who wanted to ABOLISH cast system.Thats the known history bye the way Gandhi always praised the utility of cast system. But hey Barakha never read Hindi or Marathi books so its beyond her.
No she issouless pimp of pakistani you tell her all truth she will twist it
Well played Vikram, you toppled her all questions very well. With ur detailed knowledge and clearity of mind u answered all questions which are fremed against Saverkar. Thx a million
Thank you Vikram & Barkha. The history of Independence struggle of Bharat needs to be completely revealed & the history books of schools must be rewritten.
The revolutionaries of our nation's freedom struggle must be given their due credit for their contributions & sacrifices.
I am also waiting for the release of second volume.
Thank you Vikram once again.
Congratulations Vikram sir for the book....all the very best
Our real hero...Veer Savarkar....!!🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Thanks Vikram Sampath very good analysis of Veer Savarkar.. This congis like Manishankar ayyar and Pappu should be sent to jail for 25+ years just to see what can happen with them..
Forget savarkar, how many Indians know anything about Surya Sen of Chittagong Armoury Raid?
I am young Maharashtrian I know, Surya Sen, Pritilata Waddedar and kalpna dutta and so on, do you Barrister kotwal and shrishkumar from MH? anyways talking about Savarkar is talking about core ideas
@@Shrikant_Patil bro, I have lived in bhagur, savarkarji's birthplace, I have utmost respect for him. I didn't mean to demean him, my point was that in our history books very little is mentioned about our revolutionaries, very few know about madanlal dhingra, vasudev fadke, kanhere etc. In the name of revolutionaries Marxist historians have amplified the importance of bhagat Singh & Azad, rest of the revolutionaries are forgotten.
PS: neither I am a bong nor Marathi.
@@deepakshandilya5528 true bro..chill..no worries.. we need to bring them all back in the age of internet
@@Shrikant_Patil Savarkar is not fit to be called a freedom fighter. He is a Hindutva ideologue. Leave him at that. Don't insult the likes of Surjjya Sen by mentioning Savarkar's name with his.
@@newsjunkieish Happy communist ill/mis/dis - information brainwash..
(He was not just one bomb/bullet and then gallows type (no offense though, I mean large scale problem and local solution kind of dont work.. Even if you kill queen they will replace with another, right?). He was visionary who saw the entire fiasco and conspiracy of systematic loot-mongering of India by west with Indian co-conspires by their side, which continued even after Independence, along with many other issues, He kind of did SWOT analysis which is valid and even more relevant today, that is the reason he was hated, jailed, banned and ignored ) (and that's the reason why forigen funded commies hate him even more today..)
Another major difference between Veer Savarkar and Mahatma Gandhi was, Savarkar was atheist, rationalist and Gandhi was deeply religious.
I don,t mind, calling him secular religious. this is itself a poison pill for Hindu Dharma. we never respect Gandhi as a dharmic. he was a wolf in sheep skin in dharmic ways.
Gandhi was not religious, he used religion to brainwash gullible hindus by distorting the real meaning of our scriptures
Gandhi was anti Hindu
on a lighter note he was first urban naxal.
@@manavsalvi4165 Yes , reformer with out gun.
There is no one parallel to savarkar at that time educated-national who always loved ....
Was Barkha this objective or opportunist due to change in polity?
the latter
These type of people u cannot rely upon they r selective.
Listen to her opening introduction to Veer Savarkar...
She is definitely an opportunist and anti nationalist
The collective consiense of Hindus is activated. Now we research before believing something . Social media and internet should be given credit. Truth cannot be hidden in today's world. She realised that she cannot fool anymore. This generation can't be fooled.
Really great interview . We particularly from Maharashtra who knew Veer Savarkar from childhood, always been telling about him to the Congress and the entire misinformed public has got a voice and recognition through this interview and truly Mr.Vikram Sampath has expressd all those things clearly based on his own research and findings. Great Veer Savarkar is founder figure of entire Revolutionary struggle of india , right from Bhagat Singh to the Great Netaji Bose took inspiration from Savarkar .
Finally someone wrote something sensible on Veer Savarkar!
Above all the propaganda!
Just bought the book.
Veer Savarkar was a great revolutionary. He inspired many revolutionaries to fight against British rule. Shahid Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose were also inspired by his bravery and they even distributed thousands of copies of Savarkar written book '1857 The Indian war of independece' among the fellow revolutionaries. Veer Savarakar's entire family was in freedom fight. His elder brother Babarao Savarkar was also in the prison in Andaman along with him. It was Babarao Savarkar who had introduced Shahid Rajguru to Chandrashekhar Azad.
Along with revolutionary in Freedom fight , Veer Savarkar was a great social reformer as well. He wrote and faught against casteism and opened the Patit Pavan Mandir in Ratnagiri for dalit people. He was pro-science and said science is the way forward and wrote against superstitions. Dr. Ambedkar also appreciated his reformations. Veer Savarkar was also a gifted poet, writer, orator who always wrote, spoke, done everything just and just for the nation. The kind of sacrifices he and his family has made for our India are just immense. We should always have gratitude about this. I salute Veer Savarkar gor everything he has done for our nation.
12:56 that's where we came to conclude about the Savarkars Greatness, she(Barkha) jumped quickly with Hindutva narrative 😡
In my class I was told the Nehru coined the phrase - first war of independence. Bloody chaaca chor nikala lol
Well in Maharashtra State board his history is brief but not manipulated
@@lateshpatil5307 Well! you were fortunate. i studied in a missionary school where they trained me to be more white than the whites themselves. Took me 40 years to come back home. lol
@@satishpericherla9320 LoL my school was a convent too, tho our principal now Mumbai's archbishop was atleast not that conservative.
You absolutely correct in saying this it seems only Nehru and Gandhi did everything but they have done nothing except spoling the base of our country for which we r suffering.
soma bhattacharjee pity your poor knowledge... Or r u a Bhakt of present grotesque distortions to millennials, for votes, so yur views
Shri M K Gandhi Birth the independence movement…??? You are forgetting Lokmanya Tilak ji .....And other greats who conceived the freedom struggle ...
Thank you Barkha Dutt....hope you realise this is what we expect from you as journalist....only give a patient voice and hearing to what Veer Savarkar stood for and then let people judge for themselves...long live India and true Democracy !!!! Tatya Savarkar apnaas shat shat pranaam !!!
@ak 98 Ithe Tatya Savarkar ayancha vishayi charcha ahe, tari krupaya apli bhaasha shhudha ani aadar purna vaparavi hi vinanti. Aur ek baat, hum Savarkar ji ki kahaniya sunte huwe aur unka likha padhate huwe bade ho gaye hai, aur Hindutva ki paribhasha acche se samajte hai..so back off.
Wish only if you understood my polite sarcasm towards Barkha Dutt.
@ak 98 bilkul sahi bola bhai
Barkha never leaves a chance to add hindutva (in a wrong context) in any conversation. There can never be a conversation with her. She will always sneak her agenda in the conversation.
She also very smartly put her words in the Vikram's mouth when he says Gandhi was a always Pro of caste system. He need to step up his game while talking to such manipulative people.
Barkha for once try and have an unbiased conversation.
Awesome Vikram ..you got balls man , you ripped Burkha apart .....
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If savarkar was british stooge than why they throw him in andaman jail (kaala pani) till he died and why leaders like gandhi,nehru,jinnah enjoyed power and fame ???
Its point no mullas nd follower of pappu will reply
#1: Savarkar wasn't in jail till he died, he was infact released in 1921 after his mercy petition asking britishers to be merciful like a father. Fun fact: Out of all the inmates in kalapani Savarkar is just 1/3 persons whi begged to be released and paid alleigance to britishers through out his life.
#2: 1924- Savarkar came up with concept of Hindu Rastra to damage the solidarity of indians after 1921 NCM which scared the britishers, who realised that just a Muslim faction is not enough to break the freedom movement but they needed a Hindu faction as well. Savarkar served his masters through his HINDURSATRA concept and always opposed Freedom movement.
#3: Hindu Mahasabha (SP Mukherjee) infact offered to volunteer for British Army against INA in 1942.
#4: Gandhi and Nehru have infact served substantial jail term too.
Savarkar was a coward and an opportunist. He merely supplied the Gun in Nashik conspiracy and in the same case pleaded that he was misguided and will never do the same. In revolutionaries term he was a Nobody, just a far away enthusiast.
@@MohitYadav-yo9qe Nehru has served close to 10 years in prison.
@@newsjunkieish and boy did he leave a mark there as well. Infact he wrote Discovery of India in jail. Now compare that with how Savarkar spent his time- writing mercy petitions and pimping out his colleagues. That's the difference and that's why no matter how critical we become of Nehru, we just can't remove him from history. Nehru always understood the spirit of India. RSS and Savarkar infact stole the idea of state from Islam, when they were working in collaboration with British and Muslim league to weaken freedom movement. Infact Savarkar has propesed 2 nation theory at least 15yrs before Jinnah did. These gaddars had no locus standi in India, they just wanted to carve a territory for themselves with British support (as if India was a dead 🦃 turkey). Unfortunately Jinnah got Pakistan but the RSS/Hindu Mahasabha got jack shit. That's why they hate Nehru, who ensured to show these guys their rightful place till he died.
@@NitishKumar-js7is I don't know about Mullas or pappu but I am sure no bhakt has the guts to reply.
Thank you Barkha for such a lovely interview. First I loved this program "Behas with Barakha" first time I saw you talking sensibly. Kudos to Vikram for writing such a magnificent book on veer savarkar. I must buy and read this book. Once again thank you .
Finally, somebody like Vikram bringing out the truth. Enough of left liberal pseudo seculars version of history.
None of my family was Left, Liberal, but they were part of the freedom struggle. They hated Savarkar for being a traitor.
@Dibakar Dutta much smart, so intellectual! Not.
@@newsjunkieish ...u must be another liar from Lutyens club....
And u think ppl trust Ur vomiting here...
@@20vivekpandey yes, Pandey ji, keep eating the vomit served to you by your political masters. Education kis chidiya ka naam hao, tumhare jaise ko kya Pata. Bas jaise taise degree leli, an Republic dekh Kar apne ko bada jankar samajhte ho.
@@newsjunkieish yeah, and my family landed on moon and found aliens there already. Your level of being brainwashed is through the roof and any intelligent debate with you would be futile. This is free country, you can believe whatever you want, as much as they are separated from facts as presented by Vikram. Moreover, there are many freedom fighters who hate Gandhi, Nehru also.
First unbiased interview from Barkha... had no hopes when I started watching but ended pretty well!
Gandhi was not even born when Indian Independence movement started in 1857.
Was Savarkar born?
If Gandhi unified India then why India was divided...and that also so brutally..
ghodse sir deserves bharat ratna. He was our first , last and best revolutionary
The British were not afraid of Nehru n Gandhi as they were afraid of Savarkar n Subhash what does that show ??~
Vikram has done great research on Savarkar and bring to life the sacrifices and ideologies of great revolutionary of independence struggle. Your generation should read these two volumes and understand how unjust has done by British and then Congress to this true patriotic son of Bharat Mata. He deserves Bharta Ratna more than anyone else.
Congress party knowingly shattered image of many revolutionary character in Indian History, one of them Mr.Savarkar.
finally truth is coming out.... the Ideological Father of the Republic of India is Veer Savarkar
Amazing work Mr Vikram Sampath. Those facts unknown to many were must to be known. Thank you!!
I love Barkha's interviewing skills,but pls let ur guest finish his sentences. Not everyone speaks at ur speed.
The Father of Modern Indian Republic my hero ♥🚩
The thumbnail read... How much of today's India is influenced by Savarkar? My question is, How much of India is allowed to be influenced by Savarkar? How much of Savarkar was allowed to influence post independence India?
I wish this discussion took place between a Historian and Vikram, someone like Mridula Mukherjee.
Yes she would. Have historically demolished him
Brilliant... Brought out the double standards of Mr MK Gandhi...! This needs to be brought out fully...
Loved the argument presented by Vikram. Well done.
Kudos to Vikram for research and analysis on Savarkar and writing that book. It has given me extreme satisfaction to see our young generation going in such deep research.
Let Congress abuse our forgotten heroes, so that, our young researchers will dig in deep to unveil truth.
Thank you Vikram Sampath
Dr. Vikram Sampath... Amazing interview :)
Thanks Vikram for providing alternate truth about Savarkar
Finally something sensible coming from Barkha.. Thank you. It was interesting in many ways.
Kapur commission implication of Savarkar is illegal and unnecessary ! Read Sheshrao More
Thank you madam Bharka. This is one of the finest interview I have seen. Keep it up.
Thanks a lot vikramji and Barkhaji. We could understand the other aspect of our fireb rand forgotten heroes.it was a good ,informative discussion.
ने मजसी ने परत मातृभूमी ला... सागरा प्राण तळमळला... सागरा ♥️ वीर सावरकर जी को शतः शतः नमन🚩💪
Good work and honest in his approach.
Quiet interesting, an eye opener in current situation. Even though I dont like Barkha I watch this programme by the name of Veer Savarkar and Vikram Sampath.
Thank you Vikram for the great effort on writing a book on beer Savarkar.... more power to you
Veer *
Thanks a lot Vikram sir, I really appreciate your work, Congress, Communist and jehadis completely written wrong history
Waiting for the day when RSS will have a Scheduled Tribe head. Its high time that they should do it. I love Savarkar because as he was great..,always.
Actually there are very few people of lewer stratum & scheduled castes wish to know what RSS is. They practically worship some individuals whom they consider reason for their progress.
Will you say the same to all political parties run my families I.e. Dynasties?
To lead anything important is the idea, vision to make India strong not caste.
One rss head was dalit
Ok we learn that Gandhi and Nehru gave us freedom, but still Britishers found both docile and sweety, and Savarkar as very dangerous and sentenced life imprisonment!, This is irony and our foolishness that still we revered Gandhi and Nehru and not ready to give due credit to Savarkar. We can equate Savarkar and not Gandhi with Mandela who also imprisoned for life considering dangerous for Apartheid regime.
This is irony that still we are doing injustice to some of great sons of India.
Actually britishers did not find Gandhi and Nehru sweet and docile (Read Winston churchill about 2nd Round table conference). But they knew the art of beating Britishers at their own game. Always it has been far too easy for Govt to supress a armed movement. Recall How revolt of 1857 had a huge public backing in britain and so did execution of each and every revolutionary but British govt could not find any justification of using force against Congress, they were beaten by Logic. The british public too was sympatetic of Congress's non violent regime.
If you think arms could have won freedom then answer this- all revolutionaries were easily executed by british and after every repression followed a decade of non action by revolutionaries. They were individually heroes but that has not won freedom anywhere, we would have been another South Africa. The biggest revolution was INA and it too was crushed brutally by the british. If revolution was the key then rebellions of Royal navy mutiny would not have upheld the banner of CONGRESS FLAG, they would have picked up INA flag. Why did they do this??
@Mohit yadav
We didn't get freedom out of sympathy from British public.
It was bcoz geo politics was fast changing.
Gandhi was not a problem for British he was a safety valve just like Congress.
Savarkar will always remain a British stooge no matter how much RSS tries to rewrite history. Following are my comments- I would love it if anybody can say they are not facts....
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883-1966) - mythologised in popular imagination as ‘Veer Savarkar’ - not only refrained from participating in the freedom struggle after the British released him from prison on account of his relentless pleas for mercy, but also actively collaborated with the English rulers to whom he had declared his loyalty.
At the time when Subhas Chandra Bose was raising his Indian National Army to confront the British in India, Savarkar helped the colonial government recruit lakhs of Indians into its armed forces. He further destabilised the freedom movement by pushing his Hindutva ideology, which deepened the communal divide at a time when a united front against colonial rule was needed. Post independence, Savarkar was also implicated in Mahatma Gandhi’s murder.
Correct so far??
@@AbhishekSingh-ms2wh A freedom fighter he definitely was, for a certain period in the first decade of the previous century, long before he’d begun articulating the notion of Hindutva. Savarkar was then an atheist and a rationalist, who had started out on a revolutionary road to rid India of her colonial yoke, asserting:
“whenever the natural process of national and political evolution is violently suppressed by the force of wrong, the revolution must step in as a natural reaction and therefore ought to be welcomed as the only effective instrument to re-throne Truth and Right.”
On sailing to England to study law in 1906, Savarkar founded the Free India Society to organise Indian students studying in England to fight for independence. In a famous declaration before the society, he said:
“We must stop complaining about this British officer or that officer, this law or that law. There would be no end to that. Our movement must not be limited to being against any particular law, but it must be for acquiring the authority to make laws itself. In other words, we want absolute independence.”
However, when the time came to pay the price for being a revolutionary under an oppressive colonial government, Savarkar found himself converted and transformed into “the staunchest advocate of loyalty to the English government”, to use his own words. This was after he was arrested and sentenced to serve 50 years in the infamous Cellular Jail on the Andaman islands after he was found guilty of supplying the pistol that a member of the Abhinav Bharat Society used to assassinate the then collector of Nasik, A.M.T. Jackson, in 1909.
‘Veer’ Savarkar pleading with the British for mercy
Barely a month into the hardships of prison, Savarkar wrote his first mercy petition, which was rejected in 1911. The second mercy petition, which he wrote in 1913, starts with bitter complaints about other convicts from his party receiving better treatment than him:
“When I came here in 1911 June, I was along with the rest of the convicts of my party taken to the office of the Chief Commissioner. There I was classed as “D” meaning dangerous prisoner; the rest of the convicts were not classed as “D”. Then I had to pass full 6 months in solitary confinement. The other convicts had not… Although my conduct during all the time was exceptionally good still at the end of these six months I was not sent out of the jail; though the other convicts who came with me were.
…For those who are term convicts the thing is different, but Sir, I have 50 years staring me in the face! How can I pull up moral energy enough to pass them in close confinement when even those concessions which the vilest of convicts can claim to smoothen their life are denied to me?”
He studied very well about savarkar.... very nice I liked the way he expressed!
An excellent insight on Savarkar..
After long time I see unbiased discussion, which is on some one research based...! :D
i have been critical of Barkha on many occasions,but this was a fairly balanced interview allowing Vikram to make his point clearly,so kudos to her.Also,congrats to Vikram on this book and may we all see Savarkar in right light henceforth.
Vikram Sampath, J Sai Deepak, Sanyal.... The future of India's narrative
Loved the look on the face of Barkha when 1984 Sikh Genocide was quoted by Vikram, she was like stop getting into this topic...
One of the best interview by Barkha Dutt.
हम अपने स्वतंत्रता सेनानी को पूरी तरह से भूल गए हैं, यह सिर्फ वीर सावरकर के बारे में नहीं है कई और अधिक स्वतंत्रता सेनानी सार्वजनिक चर्चा में नहीं हैं
हमारे दिमाग में राजनीतिक नफा-नुकसान और उसकी वजह से हम चर्चा भी नहीं करते
धन्यवाद विक्रम संपत
Vikram Sampath is a classic speaker, intellectual and writer..
Also see Vikram Sampath & Tejasvi Surya talk on Veer Savarkar (Yuva Samvada)...
It was Swatantrya Veer Savarkar firstly called for "Complete Freedom", others were fighting for legitimate freedom.
Loved ur new debate show
B’s body language shows her wanting to “catch Vikram out” but facts are powerful and they come out clearly. I can tell you this book is JUST AMAZING. However good that she invited him and journalistically she has done the right thing👍🏿
Thanks Vikram. Great Explanation.