Vinayak Damodar Savarkar quotes - page 2

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian freedom fighter, poet, and political thinker. His advocacy for Hindu nationalism and his role in the independence movement made him a controversial and influential figure in Indian history. He played a significant part in shaping modern Hindu political ideology. Here are 27 of his quotes:

Vinayak and his friends were absorbing from the Kesari, Pune Vaibhav and other newspapers the stories of these bloody riots and the polarized tinderbox that Maharashtra had become. Each time they heard of the attack on Hindus, they would be enraged and wondered why Hindus could not organize themselves and retaliate instead of suffering repression... Vinayak acknowledges in his memoirs that these experiences taught him how poorly organized and disunited the Hindu community was and how easy it was to subjugate them. 11 The Hindus were perpetually divided among themselves along several fault lines, especially caste, and this made them doubly vulnerable to attacks. They were full of self-doubt and suspicion about the other, and seldom committed to the ‘cause'.

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar