Rationalism Of Veer Savarkar: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Rationalism Of Veer Savarkar Godbole V. S.
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9 Change with country, times and people / 411
10 Utility of all human activities / 601
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Try to persuade your opponents
Why we should respect our opponents
No twisting of facts to suit one’s views.
National good is more important than the unity
What is true unity?
Right to disagree
Public good or Popularity?
You disagree with my views, but do you know what they are?
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IN THE LITERARY FIELD
A plea to my opponents
Personal Opinions
Literature damaging the sanctity of current beiiefs
Progressive literature / Literature of new thoughts
Communism and Freudism
Objectionable literature.
FREEDOM OF PERSONAL CHOICE
A CODE OF CONDUCT
MEAN MINDED AND INTOLERANT OPPONENTS OF SAVARKAR
Savarkar exposes the intolerance of his opponents
Indian freedom struggle did start before Gandhi
It Is no sin to work outside the Congress Party
Yesterday’s moderates were more tolerant than today’s Congressites
If you do not agree with Gandhi or Nehru, you are no good
We have factions - so what?
It does not matter if mistakes are made
Have confidence in yourselves
Savarkar refused to become Gandhi’s puppet
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SENSE OF JUSTICE IN FIELDS OTHER THAN POLITICS
* Moplas
Sponsors of Purification of ianguage
Commendable work in Baroda state
FRATERNITY
• Universal brotherhood of mankind
SAVARKAR’S PERSECUTION BY THE ENGLISH
IN LONDON (1906-1910)
Savarkar not assigned to work outside the prison.
End of second strike but no concessions to Savarkar
Savarkar brothers sent back to india against their wishes.
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SAVARKAR BACK IN INDIA
SAVARKAR’S RELATIONS WITH MUSLIMS
IN LONDON (1906-1910)
** Repercussions of wearing of badges in memory of heroes of 1857 war
** We congratulate Haidar Reza. (16 October 1906)
** Haidar Reza attends Ganeshotsava at Nasik (12 November 1908)
** Vijayadashami celebrated in London (November 1909)
* Water deliberately made foul
* Partiality of the English officers
The tide turns
* Ram Ram not Salam
Greetings with folded hands
Is the re-conversion childish?
Childish play of the elderly
Don’t advocate conversion by terror
We need to re-convert those whom we abandoned
Savarkar puts a stop to conversion of Hindus to Isiam.
* Misunderstanding about the purification of ianguage
* SAVARKAR AND PRISON OFFICER MR BARRIE
* HUMANISM OF SAVARKAR
WHY WAS SAVARKAR’S IMAGE TARNISHED BY HIS OPPONENTS?
Some background information
Why was Savarkar’s image tarnished by his opponents?: Reason No. 1
Savarkar was reaiistic in deaiing with Musiims, his opponents were not.
Hindus facing popuiation haemorrhage
SUICIDAL PRACTICES
1929
1932
1934
Examples of impending danger
1940
1941
1942
HOW TO DEAL WITH MUSLIMS?
1924
1927
1932
1939
1929
1939
1941
1942
On 10 August Savarkar said in Deihi, “Don’t be afraid of bioodbath. Cowardice causes more harm and bioodshed.”
Why was Savarkar’s image tarnished by his opponents?: Reason No. 2
Why was Savarkar’s image tarnished by his opponents?: Reason No. 3
Foolish notions about Hindu Muslim unity of Savarkar’s Hindu opponents
Plight of Hindus in the Sind province
Savarkar exposes true nature of Shaukat Ali
• Cowardice of Vinoba Bhave
Non Hindus must never be admitted to tempies and places of Hindu worship.
Why does not Vinboba go to Pakistan?
* Perverted idea of bravery
1948
1949
1942
1944
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UNTOUCHALIBITY AMONG OTHER RELIGIONS
Untouchability among Muslims
Dr Ambedkar carried out a movement for allowing the untouchables to take water from the public lake in Mahad.
Muslims. You are no different than Hindus, is that not so? Maulana ducked Savarkar’s question.
Dr Ambedkar’s sons will return to the fold of Hindu Dharma
Divisions among Christians
Buddhism and untouchability
• Buddhism enforced untouchability not abandoned it
This historical truth was too much for Dr Ambedkar and his followers to bear. They kept very quiet about it.
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Support for just demands of untouchables
Untouchables drawing water from public tanks
Some other works
SUPPORT SWADESHI (INDEGINUS INDUSTRIES)
ENOUGH OF TALKING
Active Reformers
Inability to understand and face the truth
• During Internment In Ratnagiri (1924-37)
WARNING HINDUS ABOUT DANGERS FROM MUSLIMS
1924
1926
1928
1929
1931
CONSTANT ACTIVITIES IN THE LITERARY FIELD
Purification of language
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Know thy enemy well
Savarkar says further,
INDIA AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
On 1 August 1937 he said In Pune • Limits of Russia’s ideals
Age of Nationalism
Japan and India
Thugs and super-thugs
Look at the basics
Chamberlain and Gandhiji
Why should we have a feud with Germany, Japan and Italy?
Where is the moral force?
What did China lack?
Sword Is more important than poetry.
Tiger and the cow
First, Rifie clubs
You cannot foretell who would be your enemy In a speech of 1940, Savarkar said,
• Effects of some events are evident only after a century
• Partition of india
A word of warning
We should not be impatient to expect instant results but must strive to make a success of this social reform.
Would embracing other religions benefit the untouchables?
They do not want to abandon their traditions
Look at the historical example of brave King Khushuru
If you feel you would benefit by embracing other religions, do so.
What a tremendous self-confidence! What a realism I!
Embracing Buddhism will make your life miserable
MISCELLANEOUS
• A Hindu temple in London
• Importance of the English language
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SAVARKAR IN INTERNMENT (1924-1937)
Praise for the revolutionaries
Revolutionaries of Chittagong reply to the oppression of Sir Tegart.
Revolutionaries are not terrorists
AFTER RELEASE FROM iNTERNMENT (1937-1947)
Relative importance of literature
Look at other countries
First the firepower then ethics and philosophy
As with nation as with literature
Throw away the pens and bear arms
I cannot see it any longer
Why do you call us aggressors?
Justifiable violence
Struggle in Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad)
MEMORANDUM BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA TO ALL COMMANDERS ON THE FIRST INA TRIAL.
IMPORTANCE OF MARTYRS
VARIETY OF MEANS
What good is just one means?
We are now free. Say No to revolutionary activities
DHARMA (RELIGION)
Religion is a tremendous force
Well, the question then arises, what is religion?
RELIGIOUS TEXTS
How should we read religious texts?
* Objections to the rationalist approach
KORAN
Background information on Koran
Same words, different meanings
Koran - Divine or man-made?
How was Koran revealed?
Which is the true Koran?
Contradictory orders
Factions arise among Musiims
Al Aswad
Paigambars (Prophets) after Mohammed
Recent (Paigambar) Prophet
EXTREMES OF INTERPRETATIONS
God creates the world
MANUSMRITI
In short, Savarkar says —
Who drafted Manusmriti?
* Names of girls
* Arguments with learned Brahmins
Etan dwijayato deshansanshryeranprayatbhih
But these orders are conveniently ignored by the Shastris. They have been living in the forbidden land!!
WOMEN
I have written these articles only to illustrate how our society treated women in the days of Manu. I am not at all discussing
IDEAL MARRIAGE
Savarkar continues
Where does the fault lie?
EATING: WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE AND WHAT IS NOT
Manusmriti could not have been written at the time of earth’s creation
SUMMARY OF THOUGHTS ON RELIGIOUS TEXTS
Modernist tendency
Orthodox tendency
Baseless accusations against Savarkar
Savarkar carries on —
Beneficial cross-examination
New Goddess: The Goddess of Reason
Some important examples form Indian History
What about today?
That is what we Hindus are becoming today!!
Look at Europe
Religious freedom
In another article Savarkar wrote —
• Obsession of ‘going by the book’
What about today?
* Marriages of divorced men/women in church
SOCIAL ISSUES
• Reforms do not mean blind following of Europeans.
Follow the example of the English language
How Hindus blindly follow the westerners today
Neckties
Limit of our inteliectuals
CODE FOR REFORMERS
In November 1927, he was at a village named Devarukh, He said —
* British women
* Weights of men and women
* Exchange rates
WHILE IN JAIL ON THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS (1911 TO 1921)
If I decide to die, that is how I will die
My mind rebels
World War I (1914-1918) - use of curiosity about the war
Je ka ranjale ganjale
What can the women do?
Datavyamiti yatdanam diyate anupakarine
BEAUTY OF WOMEN
Beauty of women is the cream of nature’s creation.
Asyah sargavidho prajapatirabhuchhandro nu kantipradah
Harastu kinchit pariluptachairyah Chandradayarambha Evamburashih
Prasid vishramyatu veer vajram
A sad fact of life
Excess of Rationalism is Fanaticism
This was a tremendous step forward. Savarkar commented—
On 23 July 1928, Savarkar wrote in the local newspaper Balawant. He said
USE THE BRITISH ADMINISTRATION
What did the agitation in Bhagyanagar (Hyderabad) achieve?
WORLD WAR II - UTILISE IT FOR OUR BENEFIT
Turning to Savarkar’s days, let us take three examples
Savarkar explained
Now let us recapitulate some of Indian history.
And what were the Muslims doing during this turmoil? Shahid Hamid telis us,
Shahid Hamid tells us
Savarkar continues
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Chapter five - Savarkar the Social reformer
Chapter six - Savarkar the doer
Chapter nine - Change according to Countries, Time
and People
Chapter ten - Utility of all Human Activities
A word of Gratitude
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America
Switzerland
About the author
VEERSAVARKAR