More than just the Mahatma
Savarkar, Subhas Bose and Bhagat Singh left a legacy that India can be proud of. A re-evaluation of Gandhi’s role in India’s independence is necessary to give other leaders due credit.
In his article, Nayyar re-evaluates Gandhi's role by providing evidence that ahimsa did not lead to India's independence. He then discusses the contributions by Veer Savarkar and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to the freedom struggle.
Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar
If anyone in the West knows anything about Savarkar, they probably learned it through Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. Collins and LaPierre portray Savarkar as a homosexual and intimate that he was guilty of conspiracy in the assassination of Gandhi, even though he was exonerated of the charges.
