savarkar was a broken man, in body and spirit when he was released from andaman jail...after that he was no longer "veer" and did not dare to do anything against the british thereafter....
while he was not alone in cellular jail...there were other prisoners who suffered the same ordeal that savarakar did...but savarakar was certainly the only one who begged for mercy...
Re: hi
by Dipankar Mukherji on May 13, 2018 08:37 PM
Britisher tortured him the most.They were asked to do lot of dirty things. Visit Andamans and you will understand. Jawahar had a Luxurious Villa as a jail. His clothes were dry cleaned in london.
Irrespective of one's views on Savarkar, this article brings him in irreverently and irrelevantly.
Savarkar's name was not Veer. It was Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Veer is an honorific meaning brave, which he certainly was.
While the author was on a routine touristy visit of the islands, Mr Savarkar was banished there in a solitary cell in the cellular jail, and he went through terrible travails that the author won't be able to take for a day - her behind went red in a few hours!
It is strongly recommended that she go through Mr Savarkar's book (in Marathi, translations available) 'Maajhee Janmathep', meaning My Life Imprisonment, which details the horrific experiences and terrible life he spent in the Andamans.
Please don't belittle the immensely cruel experiences. Don't trivialise his ordeals by bringing them into your two-penny visit there.
Business Standard, please let her have longer holidays without communications so you and us are spared such trash.
for me it is a bad joke. who are you to forgive him?? have you suffered 1% of what he suffered?? We have a nasty mentality, of finding a small fault in great people .... and focus on it to the exclusion of other things.
This is supposed to be a laudatory article on Andamans ... just imagine that one of your family members were suffering at the hands of the British and they begged to be let off .. would you write like this ??
It is indeed very unfortunate that Savarkar has been dragged into this article. This was totally uncalled for, and warrants an apology from the writer. Also, rediff should be be vigilant before publishing such out of place references.
Last week I visited Bhagur (near Nashik) which is birth place of Swatantryaveer and was heavily influenced EVEN by the ambience there. I think we should take this stupid woman there at least once. Swatantyaveer will bless here there and all her thoughts of "FORGIVING" Swatyantraveer would vanish. Who the hell this stupid Mitali Saran is? Woh kaun hoti hain Swantyaveer ko "FORGIVE" karane waali?Usaki kyaa ahamiyat hain? In Marathi we say "Tichi laayaki kaay?". I think such comments should be condemned rather than responded to.
This immature writer fed on English education and suited history must meet a similar fate with her hands tied and body chained to a grinding wheel and made to circle like Savarkar was and then this foolish woman will have a better and correct choice of words. Shame on rediff for printing such petty columnists
Re: hope she meets similar fate
by Anand on May 13, 2018 01:20 PM
While I agree with you in the main, your comments about English education are invalid. You, me and everyone here write in English, and still have opposed what she has written. There is no guarantee that someone who has studied through an Indian language will automatically know about Mr Savarkar, or agree with your views(and mine)on him. Also, we do not show our wisdom or maturity by branding others foolish and wishing ill for them. Moderation please!
