Tag: Democracy


  • Savarkar’s Democratic Plan for Future India

    Political Dimension of Hindutva, Part 10 Vinayak Damodar (Veer) Savarkar, a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and a proponent of Hindutva, offered a unique and controversial vision of democracy and governance for post-colonial India. His ideas, as encapsulated in his first draft constitution, reflect his belief in an India dominated by a unified…

  • Savarkar & Nepal’s Crisis-A Speculative Take

    Nepal has once again entered a moment of historic upheaval. What began as protests against a social media ban has exploded into a nationwide movement against corruption and political decay. The resignation of Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli and other members of his administration, the burning of government buildings, and the military’s presence on…

  • Savarkar’s Defensive Indian Democracy

    Political Dimension of Hindutva, Part 8 The political ideas of Vinayak (Veer) Damodar Savarkar cannot be clearly assigned to a specific model of governance. However, with the transformation of British India into the independent Indian Union, democratic concepts increasingly became the focus of his thinking. In his final work, Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History,…