In the closing years of the 19th century, a sixteen-year-old Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ignited a spark of revolution by founding Mitra Mela in Nashik, Maharashtra. Conceived in 1899, the group was more than just a circle of friends—it was a secret society devoted to India’s absolute political independence from British rule. Inspired by Mazzini’s Young…
Savarkar’s Philosophy & Worldview, Part 3 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a thinker who saw the world through the lens of a fundamental philosophical conflict: the opposition between the negation and affirmation of life. This divide, which he explored deeply, was not just an intellectual exercise for him—it shaped his understanding of Indian and Western philosophical…