--- title: "Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva" author: "Janaki Bakhle" rating: 3 date_read: 2024/05/03 shelves: [] tags: [book, goodreads] status: "read" format: "" pages: 520 reviewed: True isbn: ="9780691250366"--- # Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva **Author:** Janaki Bakhle **Date Read:** 2024/05/03 **Rating:** 3/5 **Bookshelves:** ## My Review A view of Savarkar through relatively under-analysed Marathi body of work on him and by him. Seems to bring into English scholarship a critique that is embedded within an understanding of him that was prevalent then and is possibly prevalent now within the conservative Savarna Hindu thinking. That said, I find the writing style too repetitive across chapters and the book a bit tedious to follow - possibly due to its academic history grounding. An essential reading though before engaging in b&w positioning on Savarkar as represented in social media debates.