The Indian Bolshevik

 Veer Savarkar or Coward Savarkar?  The title "Veer" was accredited to him in a biography of Savarkar, titled "The life of Veer Savarkar" written by Chitragupta.  Who was Chitragupta? Chitragupta was the pseudonym used by Savarkar himself to write his own biography.. Oh boy, caught you lying. Savarkar never incited violence? Let me explain. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in one of his books Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History clearly explains why raping of Muslim women is justifiable and not to do so when the occasion permits is not virtuous or chivalrous but cowardly. (See Chapter VIII of the online edition made available by Mumbai-based Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak) Savarkar explains at length that Hindus in the past had suffered from a suicidal (para 452) sense of virtuousness and chivalry in showing mercy towards Muslim women by letting them off easily. He gives examples (para 450) of such famous figures as Chhatrapati Shivaji who reportedly...

 Nostalgia is a strange thing. When we put on Nostalgia goggles, one tends to forget the evils gone by. The nostalgia also exists among those who vehemently hate the ruling party. The Modi tenure has liberals longing for the days of yore when Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee etc. was PM. One wonders if someday Yogi Adityanath, becomes the PM, will there be the same level of hand-wringing for the ‘liberal era of the Modi govt? - Freepress Journal Rajiv Gandhi is a FALSE icon Reason 1: When Big tree (Indira Gandhi) falls Earth 'shakes a bit' *and smiles* He explicitly justified the Sikh Genocide which happened aftermath of Indira Gandhi assassination. the 1984 Anti Sikh pogrom and justifying a pogrom that took anything between 8,000 and 20,000 lives across the country over 5 days (October 31 to November 4 in 1984).  If you still don't get the magnitude let me tell you. 2002 riots lasted for three days span with an estimated casualty of 1500-2000 people. (Thi...