However Mahatma Gandhi was a deeply religious man and how Savarkar was an atheist; how Mahatma Gandhi was vegetarian and believed in religion while Savarkar was a non-vegetarian and a modernist ...

Ihid the covers of the books I read about Savarkar for this piece. I wanted to be able to read in public without worrying about the judgment of strangers; without looking like another affluent Hindu ...

"Savarkar, on many occasions, had stated that he was an atheist and ate meat. I did not say anything new," Rao said in a statement. He clarified that his remarks were not personal attacks on ...

For some, the new spotlight on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who wrote one of the foundational texts of Hindutva politics, is an ideology’s ‘revenge’ on being a historical footnote for long.

New Delhi: During a visit to the historic French port city of Marseille, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to Veer Savarkar’s escape from a British ship in 1910 — a moment he ...

After he arrived in Marseille in southern France, PM Modi paid tribute to freedom fighter V D Savarkar, who attempted a "courageous escape" at the port city. In a post on X, PM said that the city ...