This refers to the article, “Viewing Savarkar in a new light” (June 1). The author has given a true picture of India’s fight for freedom and the imminent contributions made by the patriots and the nationalists who suffered in the dark narrow rooms of Kala Pani, prepared by the British imperialists to deter true patriots of India.
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s sufferings were heard by one and all who were living during the British rule. lot of school and college teachers even in Government schools in the 1940s spoke about the saga of Savarkar’s contribution to the freedom movement.
It is unfortunate that the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty strategically denigrated India’s great sons who laid down their lives to make India free. Even patriots like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh were tried to be diminished to perpetuate the dynasty. The left too was a willing partner in this disgraceful campaign.