Dear Friends,
Namaskaram!
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966), was a multifaceted personality, although people know him mainly as a freedom fighter. He was an activist, a social reformer, prolific writer, historian, a poet and a wonderful orator. Veer Savarkar was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha.
Savarkar began his political activities as a high school student and continued to do so at Fergusson College in Pune. He and his brother founded a secret society called Abhinav Bharat Society. When he went to the United Kingdom for his law studies, he involved himself with organizations such as India House and the Free India Society. His famous book “The Indian War of Independence” about the Indian Rebellion of 1857 was banned by the British colonial authorities. In 1910, Savarkar was arrested and ordered to be extradited to India for his connections with the revolutionary group India House.
On the voyage back to India, Savarkar staged an attempt to escape and seek asylum in France, while the ship was docked in the port of Marseilles. The French port officials, however handed him back to the British government in contravention of international law. On return to India, Savarkar was sentenced to two life terms of imprisonment totaling fifty years and was moved to the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. After his release in 1937, he started travelling widely, becoming a forceful orator and writer, advocating Hindu political and social unity. In this issue, we have given some of his quotable quotes.
This month, our front page covers a Sufi story – “You are interested that is why you carry nonsense”, which is a lesson to all of us.
In happenings section, we have covered (i) Massage treatment and Mobile dispensary (ii) Workshop on Varma Bone setting (iii) National conference on Siddha Varmam (iv) Paper presentation (v)
Study tours and (vi) Radio talks etc.
In the wisdom section, Dr.S.Cromwell Crawford, Professor, Dept. of Religions explains beautifully the basis of Ecological Ethics is nothing but Brahman. Albert Einstein, Theoretical physicist, shares his vision of Cosmic Religious Experience and finally Max Ehrmann, Writer of a famous prose poem “Desiderata” explains lucidly the Pseudo intellectuals.
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With best wishes
G.Vasudeo,
Secretary,
Vivekananda Kendra – NARDEP,
Kanyakumari – 629 702,
Tamilnadu.
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