"There's been a shocking lack of academic curiosity or scholarly evaluation of Savarkar," says @vikramsampath, author of 'Savarkar; A Contested Legacy', the second part of his two-volume biography of the father of Hindutva. On this week's Books&Authors podcast, he talks to @utterflea about the dialogue between Ambedkar and Savarkar and the surprising similarity of their views, about the contribution of violent revolutionary activity during the freedom struggle, and the still unacknowledged anti-Brahmin pogrom in Maharashtra following the assassination of Gandhi.
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
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