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Historian| Author of 9 books|Director @arth_live |Fellow @royalhistsoc | Founder Archive of Indian Music| Aspen Fellow| @EF_Fellows | ex-NMML Senior Fellow|

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Dr. Vikram Sampath, FRHistS
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On the auspicious Pradosham day & Trayodashi, delighted to announce the pre-order of my new book "Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi's Gyan Vapi" from @BluOneInk . It traces the long, stormy history of one of our most sacred places, the numerous waves of destruction,
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After 3 harrowing weeks of hospitalization & near-death experience due to Covid, really happy to be discharged. Long road to recovery given the extent of damage, but a major part is hopefully behind. I'm so deeply touched & overwhelmed by the deluge of goodwill, msgs, prayers (1)
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Feeling apologetic & ashamed of our past & identity has been the ploy to break our civilizational consciousness. As a practising Hindu PM @narendramodi has a right to wear his faith on his sleeve just as US President or UK PM take oath on Bible & their countries r still secular.
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Portuguese never imposed their faith; Goan inquisition never happened; Mahmud Ghazni admired Hindu architecture; never broke Somnath. "They became us"! Only Aryans invaded & Brahmins universally oppressed & invented the term patriarchy! #WhitewashHistory
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Numbed after coming out seeing #TheKashmirFiles . Take a bow @vivekagnihotri for daring to tread a path noone did so far & bringing out truth as is- raw, gruesome & unpalatable. Demanding truth & #RightToJustice is our birthright & noone should any more be able to conceal it (1/n)
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Can't stop looking at the beauty that Ram Lalla has turned out to be. The curls, the bonny cheeks, the mystic smile and the divine aura. Huge shoutout & congratulations to State-mate & ace sculptor @yogiraj_arun for this labour of love. Was reading how while sculpting, a splinter
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Sorry @saurabhtop - no "micro pressure group" to write about Gyan Vapi history by "koi Vikram Sampath " ...if presenting history as it is, is identity politics & pressure, then so be it 😊.
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Amusing to see the microscopic scrutiny & questions on sources that my works r eliciting despite copious notes & references that I'm happy to share. If a fraction of such scrutiny had been done of works of "eminences" our historiography wouldn't be in the state that it is today!
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What mainstream media, filmmakers & establishment historians failed to do & tried to suppress for 3 decades, @vivekagnihotri has managed to dismantle in his 3 hr #KashmirFiles & united ppl like never before- united in pain; in the realisation that lies were fed to them as history
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फ़िल्म में @AnupamPKher जी का एक डाइयलोग है “जिस दिन भारत में सबको हमारा पूरा सच पता चलेगा उस दिन देखना पूरा भारत हमारे साथ खड़ा होगा”। माँ सरस्वती के आशीर्वाद से आज सारा भारत ही नहीं पूरा विश्व कश्मीरी हिंदुओं के साथ खड़ा है। #RightToJustice
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Conscious of the fact that a batallion of "professional" historians & some crazy trolls have begun discrediting me, my work & whatever I said at @IndiaToday conclave with Dr @ShashiTharoor & @sardesairajdeep . Selective screenshots of NCERT books (usual ploy!) to prove falsehood+
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Yessss!!!! My badge of honour FINALLY handed over from the Lead Bigot of them all, herself ! 🏅thank you @audreytruschke This feels more soul satisfying than writing books as will not have to see her filthy, Hinduphobic & India-hating rubbish anymore !!!
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When a tenured history prof uses terms like "whatsapp history" etc to denigrate a fellow-historian's work which the organization he is Trustee of had Longlisted for a Prize shows: 1 Their usual intellectual disingenuity 2 They are rattled & prove my argument 3. I'm on right path!
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This is how so casually & axiomatically hatred & derision is shown towards an entire community, it's beliefs & faith. The horrific Ujjain incident had no connection with Hindus, but one has to forcibly throw in cow-worshippers to castigate Hindus. Never mind if a priest saved the…
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Gosh! NDTV journalists who can't even do error-free headlines in their online portal now give certificates on what constitutes "scholarly" work! #AccheDin 😂
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On the sidelines of an event in Nagpur, called on Dr Mohan Bhagwat ji & presented a copy of the Vol 2 of Savarkar, as also the Hindi & Marathi translations of volume 1.
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Blessed to just be alive to see this milestone moment in an ancient civilization's long history. The unbelievably beautiful & divine Ram Lalla has opened His eyes & entered His rightful place after 500 yrs. Tears flow down just seeing His visage 🙏 may this usher the true Ram…
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So I'm guessing we unwashed masses can now read Satanic Verses or Lajja,MiLord? Those who don't agree with the authors won't read them too after all. Suo moto can we have the bans lifted for free speech sake ? 🙏
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[Salman Khurshid book on Hindutva] "If you don't agree with author, don't read it:" Delhi High Court rejects plea to ban book report by @prashantjha996 #salmankhurshid #delhihighcourt #Hindutva @salman7khurshid Read story:
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Terror has no religion, but gang-rape sure does have one! Additionally, patriarchy has a caste too! #TwoIndias indeed these are.
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On the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami, delighted to announce the establishment of the "Foundation for Indian Historical and Cultural Research ", dedicated to the cause of resurrecting our historical narrative through primary source based research. Several scholars,…
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A bhakt and a sanghi ... exploring food capital Indore with @ARanganathan72 ! 😁
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One hopes atleast THIS 👇 is a wake up call for the Government of India, PM @narendramodi & @dpradhanbjp not to go overboard inviting these so-called "Ivy Leagues" to set shop in India & spread this toxicity in the guise of "liberal arts" & the like. That would be an…
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Bill Ackman
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The presidents of @Harvard , @MIT , and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism: Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment? The…
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The end of a great era in Indian historiography...what an intellectual giant who strove relentlessly to resurrect the life & times of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Heartfelt tributes to Shivshahir Babasaheb Purandhare ji. Om Shanti 🙏
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In complete solidarity with our defence forces & brave martyrs, I refuse to watch any of these matches, especially with Pakistan . Not that it matters even one bit to @BCCI or it's cash-spree, but every drop counts & unlike them, atleast my patriotic conscience is clear.
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Wish we could all hang ourselves with a long rope. @BCCI would happily organize dances like these at the shok sabha !
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You are an absolutely despicable scum. You'd do the world a favour by staying covered fully & not show either your vile face or open your toxic tongue 😡
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A grand start to the World Hindu Congress 2023 in Bangkok at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hall. #worldhinducongress
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2 years
Thank you so much for making me look much better & dapper than I already am.☺️😎 Sadly not much can be done to salvage you though! Good luck surviving all the bile and hatred raging inside you!
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Kangana, Vivek Agnihotri, Vikram Sampath (entire spectrum of hindutva intellectuals)
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जीवेम शरदः शतम् ! Wishing you many, many more decades of selfless service to the motherland PM @narendramodi ji. #HappyBirthdayModiJi
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Why don't you mind your business & let us do what we want ? If you are so keen on building a Secular, Inclusive, Republic, you have a country that we offered you in 1947. Try building that as a secular, inclusive one, if you even manage to save it from economic collapse.
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In pursuit of their cultural revivalist agenda, RSS and BJP are striving to re-write history, changing nomenclatures, names of cities and streets as they present it a part of their de-colonisation to cover up for Hindu Rashtra— in conflict with the Republican, Inclusive and
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With the suddenly-transformed, deeply -religious brother-from-another-mother, @ARanganathan72 !
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True kudos are due to @Swamy39 & my dear friend @ishkarnBHANDARI for their relentless campaign on #SushantSingRajputDeathCase & #CBIEnquiryForSSR . Even media wud have forgotten abt it but for their perseverance #CBITakesOver
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Respected Prime Minister @narendramodi ji. It was an honour to meet you and present a copy of my book "Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past" to you this morning. Your energy , enthusiasm and encouragement are infectious. Thank you v much Sir !!!
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Narendra Modi
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This morning in Bengaluru I met the bright @vikramsampath . I am glad that he has devoted significant time and research towards studying Veer Savarkar. His book adds fresh dimensions towards understanding the life and thoughts of the great Savarkar.
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The anti-Brahmin genocide across Maharashtra after Gandhiji's murder in 1948 is a wilfully erased chapter of our history. If there are any leads to AUTHENTIC & DOCUMENTED sources abt this or family history/anecdotes kindly DM me. Will be much obliged 🙏
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Sorry MiLord ..."most of us" understand our mantras. A case of wrong equivalences here!
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“The common citizen of this country cannot understand the language of the court. The parties must understand the language used in the court. IT SHOULD NOT BE LIKE MANTRAS USED IN A WEDDING, WHICH MOST OF US DO NOT UNDERSTAND,” CJI Justice NV Ramana says
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Yet another "peer reviewed" article ! 🤦 #ShubhDeepavali to everyone!
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'Diwali isn’t what you thought it was—It’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival' Kalyani @FiercelyBahujan , PhD scholar, JNU, writes #ThePrintOpinion
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The man lies, as he always does, saying no mention of Shivji ka mandir demolished by Aurangzeb in Kashi. Masir-i-alamgiri reports on 15th Rabi-ul-akhir/2 sept 1669 that on imperial orders, temple of Bishnath (Vishwanath) was demolished. Habib blatantly lied even in Ayodhya case…
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High priest of Leftist history Irfan Habib admits to the plunder! But he lacks the grace to tell his community that #Gyanvapi , Krishna Janmasthan must be returned to their rightful custodians.
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The interesting case of Jawahar Lal Nehru's two-week stay under "harsh" conditions in Nabha Jail in 1923 that made his father run to the Viceroy to secure his release, sign a bond & pledge never to enter Nabha again. But yes, Savarkar was kaayar indeed!
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(PDF) Jawaharlal Nehru:Interlude at Jaitu-Nabha

PDF | Nehru story in 1923 Punjab's Nabha Jail | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

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“If you give a woman a fish, you feed her for a day. If you teach a woman to fish, you feed her for a lifetime." Strange models of empowerment these👇 !
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If we form govt in Punjab in 2022, then we will give every woman of the state, who is above 18 years of age, Rs 1000 per month. If a family has 3 female members then each will get Rs 1000. This'll be the world's biggest women empowerment program: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Moga
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With OUR TAXPAYERS money...not with his ancestral wealth. Good to remember that ALWAYS!
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Well the Ashoka Hotel where current PM is having a party was built by the greatest Indian PM shree Jawaharlal Nehru 😊
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How exactly can one "genetically distance" oneself from one's ancestors ??? 🤔 #Pitrupaksh
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And from the evening of 30 Jan 1948, since the caste of Gandhi's Assassins was leaked out, a mass pogrom began of Maharashtrian Brahmins. Ppl burnt alive, properties ransacked, villages ethnically cleansed. No FIRs or cases registered & justice a far cry. Irony was it all…
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Yet another retraction, this time from Ramachandra Guha. I leave it now to ppl to judge what sort of credibility these "academics" have, having forged ppl's signatures! @RutgersU do u have any stds of honesty & integrity & endorse such a fraudulent person serving as ur faculty?
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Misrepresenting a politician @rautsanjay61 & surreptitiously adding his signature without his knowledge alongwith a bunch of rabid Islamists & Pakistani organizations is "academic integrity" indeed. All the eminent signatories need to see what they've signed up for! @priyankac19
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A big shoutout to the immense courage of conviction showed by artists like @ranjanigayatri @dushyanthsridar @TrichurBrothers Vishakha Hari & most of all @ravikiranmusic 's bold step of returning the Sangitha Kalanidhi award in the wake of @musicacademyma 's foolish, suicidal &…
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This family retainer used to serve as CEO of Prasar Bharati ! Despite an illustrious literary lineage the troll level language belies the little respect that such people deserve! Please continue to expose yourself all of you, send all ur hatred my way! I don't care.
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The temerity to even compare a rabid, Islamist butcher to Netaji Bose & to valourize him for his countless barbaric acts against so many Hindus in Hyderabad State....
@Angryman_J
Mister J. - مسٹر جے
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Qasim Rizvi was for Hyderabad what Netaji Subas Chandra Bose was for India. #Hyderabad | #OperationPolo | #Razakar
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If shameless objectification had faces this is how it would look. Kudos to 23 year old @Neeraj_chopra1 for keeping his sanity intact in the midst of such predators who have zero respect for him, his struggle or his achievements & salivate at him as a sex object. Shame media!
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Mumbai Ki Rani
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Ladiesssss..Yes I got the hard hitting, deep answers too but..Take the first 4 secs before the cam moves to the zoom call to guess who we are dancing for😇 ;) #udejabjabzulfeinteri and then tell me I did it for all of us😄 #gold #olympics #neerajchopra @RedFMIndia @RedFM_Mumbai
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The truth will finally be laid bare for all as the @ASIGoI report on #Gyanvapi is ordered to be made public.
@ANI
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#WATCH | Gyanvapi case | Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, representing the Hindu side, says, "The court listened to both sides today. After hearing both sides, an agreement was reached that a certified copy of ASI's report be made available to both sides. As soon as the court passes
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Shocking & saddening news on untimely death of #ChiefofDefenceStaff at a time when we needed him the most. Om shanti 🙏 But be it cricket losses or tragedies like these, those rejoicing (including ex-Army men!) clearly point to the enemy within we've been harbouring for so long!
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Sad to see the manner in which @TIinExile gets dissed publicly so often. Here's a young person genuinely trying to unearth historical truths & the least one can do is support. P:S: have always told him to count on my help to get his book(s) published & not waste time on Twitter!
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Half Tamilian, half Maharashtrian, full Kannadiga being born & brought up in Bengaluru. Father side migrated to Mysore state facing Dravidian persecution; maternal grandmother migrated to Mysore from Hyderabad facing Razakar violence. Studied in Pilani Rajasthan & Mumbai; worked…
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Gargi #Decolonization 🇮🇳
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Maharashtrian married to Punjabi lived in TN, Karnataka, Delhi, Telangana, Punjab. North and South are just directions. BHARAT is ONE!
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In 2015 when a bunch of leftist writers boycotted the Blore Lit Fest, forcing me thereby to relinquish a fest i had founded, it was argued that that was their freedom of expression to boycott! Today when artists like @ranjanigayatri @dushyanthsridar @TrichurBrothers etc boycott
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Dushyanth Sridhar
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Here is my interview with @TMVRaghav for the @ndtv (1) If the reason cited by the Vidvan to 'boycott' the sabhas (including the Madras Music Academy) for the last decade was the brahminical dominance or hegemony in the Carnatic Music circuit, by accepting the very award from…
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An alleged journalist fakes even news of passing away of a former President of India with no checks & verification. The last time when I'd pointed out similar transgressions he'd made abt the BHU VC, the "power couple" honoured me by blocking me. Shame isn't a virtue for some.
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Mr. Vikram Sampath is shifted out of ICU tonight to the ward. He is still under constant treatment & observation as he is v weak. Will require few more days of hospitalization & care. Thanks to everyone who sent their best wishes & prayers. We are so overwhelmed by your goodwill
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Brief update: Duty-Doc treating Mr Vikram Sampath: we hv his phone & are inundated with goodwishes & enquiries of his well-wishers: "Vikram has been administered another round of plasma & he's responding well to it. Still in ICU but vitals are stable. Pls pray🙏" @ARanganathan72
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The delicious hypocrisy, lies & doublespeak of the Leftists, Binoy Viswam's party founders Shripad Amrut Dange wrote petitions to the British in 1924 seeking release from jail & committing to the Crown. Revelation of the letters in 1964 was among the factors that split the Left!
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‘Are we Savarkar to apologise?’ 12 MPs suspended in Rajya Sabha to protest #Rajyasabha #12mpssuspended
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Wish we could all hang ourselves with a long rope. @BCCI would happily organize dances like these at the shok sabha !
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As ppl notice the bigot's claims on Shivaji Maharaj, here r pearls on Ram janmabhumi. The structure apparently could be anything but Hindu, never mind archaeology n epigraphy proving otherwise. Else was "free building material" for a sauntering Babar! Sources? Fertile imagination
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@thewire_in hit job- Done @Wikipedia attack- Done Memes- Done Now @scroll_in hit job - Done! What next? Pls don't stop! Thanks so much for this attention that no PR agency cud get me & ur meltdown that strengthens my belief that I'm on the true path & emboldens me to work harder
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Brothers-in-arms 🤗 @jsaideepak @ARanganathan72 Oh, and on a night stroll on the streets of Pondicherry, we even discovered a road named after the venerable JNU prof ! 😉
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And low- lives today mockingly question why our ancestors chose the bravest & most horrifying path of Jauhar, way back since 712 C.E. starting in Sindh.
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Israel ישראל 🇮🇱
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His 8 year old daughter was murdered by Hamas. “When we found out that Emily was dead we went yes and smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities I knew. “ 💔
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The force-fit invocation of Savarkar (or worse, me!), In a completely unrelated & irrelevant news, by an alleged "leading newspaper of Indian Muslims" speaks volumes of their complete intellectual bankruptcy & also shows how rattled they are. Utterly juvenile & laughable!
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Oh this is why Savarkar wrote n-number of mercy petitions. He didn't want to be hanged Taliban-style!! @vikramsampath may add this to his work trying to glorify Savarkar.
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Some alleged journalist I'm told was casting malicious aspersions on aspects related to The Life of Barrister Savarkar's authorship that I quote in my book. After Savarkar's release from Ratnagiri in 1937 Bombay Pradesh Congress Committee & Barrister Jamnadas Mehta sought msgs(1)
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In this discussion yday with @sardesairajdeep on @IndiaToday @irfhabib claimed that with 40 yrs work on Bhagat Singh he didn't find a single line of support from Savarkar for him. I wasn't given time to produce a counter, so here it is abt the bonhomie of the two men(1)
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Did Savarkar file a petition seeking mercy from the British on Gandhi’s advice? @vikramsampath and @irfhabib join the debate without any name calling! @IndiaToday
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If elitism & gate-keeping had a face, this is how it would look. We, the privileged of India, decide what the unwashed masses will read, how they think, whom they revere, & we decide what are facts & what is selectivity. Our echo chambers are enough to "create knowledge"!
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#KashiVishwanathDham inauguration by PM @narendramodi is an important step in reviving civilizational consciousness of a city that's epicentre of Bharat, its cultural & dharmic imagination through centuries. Mata Ahilyabai Holkar & Maharaja Ranjit Singh must be smiling up there!
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Heartfelt tributes to #VeerSavarkar on his 139th birth anniversary- a life of suffering & sacrifice for the nation. I consider myself truly fortunate to be destined to be his biographer & to bring his true story to the people of India 🙏 #Savarkar #Savarkarjayanti
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Haha @smritiirani ji , Ab saara macro-pressure aap ne Amethi mein laga Diya hai ki koi aur wahan aa hi nahi pata 😂😜 toh hum jaison ko keval micropressure se hi khush hona padta hai, kya karein ! 🤷🙆
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Smriti Z Irani (Modi Ka Parivar)
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Hello ‘koi’ @vikramsampath … suna hai micro pressure wali koi nayi kitaab likh rahe ho 🧐😳
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Tributes to Swatantryaveer Savarkar on his 58th punya tithi 🙏💐🌺 #savarkar
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Two Kannadigas with the Punjabi professor, celebrating the sweetness of Indian culture @smitaprakash & @ARanganathan72 at @arth_live
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Not too sure if the real actions of this government get leaked so much in advance for dissection. If something needs to get done, it just gets done in Parliament, like Art. 370. This "name change" (which it anyway isn't, Article 1 etc etc) brouhaha is based on some random media…
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Our doorstep at home….in anticipation of 22 Jan ! 🙏🙏
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A Varanasi visit is incomplete without the delicious Malaiyo ! A quick early morning indulgence before dashing off to the airport ☺️
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Was unaware of the fact that after Aurangzeb's barbaric demolition of Kashi Vishwanath temple in 1669, the new, small shrine that came up was once again destroyed in 1755 by a local bigoted qazi even as Malhar Rao Holkar & Nanasaheb Peshwa were trying to wrest holy places in
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Misrepresenting a politician @rautsanjay61 & surreptitiously adding his signature without his knowledge alongwith a bunch of rabid Islamists & Pakistani organizations is "academic integrity" indeed. All the eminent signatories need to see what they've signed up for! @priyankac19
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Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳
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@MumukshuSavitri @vikramsampath Senior leader Sh @rautsanjay61 ji hasn’t signed any such petition. I have spoken to him on this and he has confirmed the same .
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The "We" here refers to Indians & how we wish to see our past our way; not dictated by slaves who have sold their souls & citizenships to another country or their colonial overlords. You reveal your low comprehension skills with great honesty too! @vivekagnihotri
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saliltripathi (वो बनाये परिवार, हमें पसंद रविवार)
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Interesting that @vikramsampath and @vivekagnihotri are saying exactly what they will deliver - telling history 'the way we want, finally.' Not the way it was, or the way it happened. Instructive. As shopkeepers say, honesty is the best policy.
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Delighted to announce opening of pre-orders of my new book "Savarkar: A Contested Legacy" that takes the story ahead from 1924 till his death in 1966. Sincerely hope this receives as much love from all readers as Volume-1did! @premanka @PenguinIndia
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Sad that national media has overlooked role played by @CMofKarnataka @BSYBJP n his team in #Coronaindia war. Karnataka was among top 3 affected states in mid March but the curve has been flattened remarkably due to proactive measures including early lockdown. Kudos Mr CM n team!
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That was a wonderful exposition @sanjeevsanyal , tracing the origins of our plurality back to the post Sudas & the ten Kings' War "contract" ! Fascinating. 👏🙏
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Where @sanjeevsanyal goes back 5000 years to discover the origins of Bharat and then travels forward to explain the etymology of India. Mesmeric exposition, stunning in its clarity and detail. This is how history should be taught - one hopes this is how history will be taught.
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Before last few vestiges of already boggled mind also evaporate, following 5 page order of Honourable Supreme Court dtd 28 March 2018, on #7 they upheld Savarkar's innocence in Gandhi's murder. If one wants to do contempt of court, please go ahead! .
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As a practising Shakta find this claim highly flawed & problematic as no civilization gives Divine Feminine the importance India does. North faced bulk of invasions & hence contested sites of worship exist. Luckily none of 51+ shaktipeethas were destroyed to be reclaimed now!
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British Intelligence letter confirms Yashpal as a spy on revolutionaries who is a "loyal & faithful fellow" & "covers both the RSPI & CPI". His autobiography Singhavalokan often used to malign Babarao Savarkar & he incidentally won Padma Bhushan in 1970 & Sahitya akademi award!
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In a public felicitation in Nashik in 1924 after his release from Kala Pani incarceration for 11 yrs & in Indian jails for 3 yrs, his fellow-prisoner at Cellular Jail, Wamanrao Joshi gave #savarkar the honorific of 'Swatantrya Veer' n that stuck on. @smritiirani
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The authentic South Indian/Tamizhian (L) meets the fraudulent imposter (R) at the gates of the Manapulli Kaavu Temple in Palakkad. Meanwhile, the Devi too smiled in concurrence ! @ARanganathan72
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Surely it was British "moral compass" that led to Jalianwala Bagh & their shameless defense of Dyer or Churchill's policy leading to Bengal Famine, among numerous others. Nazis' lack of compass led them to support Netaji SC Bose & form Indian Independence Legion in Hitler's army!
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An absolute honour to call on Hon'ble @CMOfficeUP @myogiadityanath ji in Lucknow today along with my publisher @praveenBlu & present a copy of 'Waiting for Shiva'. He had several interesting anecdotes related to Kashi & it's history. He also unveiled the advance edition of the…
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Happy to announce that a significant portion of the royalty from the sale of "Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the truth of Kashi's Gyan Vapi" will be donated to really needy, struggling traditional Gurukulas to support the education of the students there. 🙏
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What a whole load of BS! Having been born, brought up & living in south Karnataka, have never come across this 👇"tradition" that is supposedly so "common in every household", have never been called Tipu or even had friends who were called so. Perverse myth-making.
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It is common in every household of south Karnataka to address their kids as Tipu Sultan till date. In Mysuru, the historical and cultural capital of Karnataka, Tipu Sultan is known to be a valiant king who faced the British with all his might.
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On this joyous occasion, heartfelt gratitude to the enormous intellectual contributions of scholars like @ElstKoenraad @davidfrawleyved Sitaram Goel, Arun Shourie, Ram Swarup, Dharampal, @IndicMeenakshi BB Lal, KK Muhammad, KV Ramesh, Dr S. Swamy & several others, known &…
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Blessed to just be alive to see this milestone moment in an ancient civilization's long history. The unbelievably beautiful & divine Ram Lalla has opened His eyes & entered His rightful place after 500 yrs. Tears flow down just seeing His visage 🙏 may this usher the true Ram…
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Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta clarifies that his signature too is forged! @RutgersU this is something u can choose to ignore at ur own peril. That such a person preaches to the world about academic integrity & "service to the profession" is a perverse joke in itself. I rest my case!
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It has come to my notice that I am listed as a signatory to this letter. I did not receive the contents of this particular letter and never signed it. I also have institutional affiliations that would have been part of my signature.
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Absolute honour & privilege to call on @SadhguruJV at @ishafoundation Coimbatore & seek his advice & blessings in a long interaction with him 🙏. It was an added coincidence that the pandits from Kashi were there too to perform the Saptarshi arati & Rudrabhishekam. Blessed 🙏
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Early morning vote ✅✅ for a prosperous & powerful Bharat for the next 5 years ! Bengaluru, please go out in large numbers & participate in this festival of democracy!
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A welcome declaration by @CMofKarnataka @BSBommai that by the Bugdet Session, through a law, Hindu temples in the state would be freed from govt control & on par with places of worship of other religions. Kudos to the CM & hope Karnataka leads the way for other states to follow!
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Malavika Avinash(ಮೋದಿಯವರ ಕುಟುಂಬ)
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Chief Minister @BSBommai declares at today’s #BJPStateExecutiveMeeting that our Govt will take steps towards Freeing Temples from State control! @jsaideepak
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Recusing myself from all TV debates on this non-issue that is flogged repeatedly when bankrupt of anything else. Don't wish to dignify this imbecile's juvenile comments with my valuable time. Apologies in advance to guest relations folks of TV channels reaching out to me 🙏🙏
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Veer Savarkar, in a letter written to the British, said "Sir, I beg to remain your most obedient servant" & signed on it. Savarkar helped the British. He betrayed leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru & Sardar Patel by signing the letter out of fear: Cong MP Rahul Gandhi
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Unpardonable & dangerous security breach of the Prime minister of OUR country. Beyond outraging by tweets & press conferences, I hope sternest action is taken to not make this a precedence ever, ever again. @PMOIndia @narendramodi #PMSecurityBreach #BharatStandsWithModiJi
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Cultural appropriation of the worst kind. Earlier biblical songs were being introduced in Carnatic classical music & Bharatanatyam--performed with great enthusiasm by some naive & a few malicious artists. Now this. Our classical art forms & the composers' works are steeped in
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Hindu Dance Drama Kathakali Embraces Christian Stories Kathakali is well-known for telling the stories of Hindu epics, but recently, it has adopted Bible stories - with performances based on Bible stories of Abraham’s sacrifice. Report from RT's TA Ameerudheen ( @micro_bursts )
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Shameless hypocrite, please cut on the cocaine & atleast talk tough,if not act, on the violent Khalistani terrorists roaming freely in your lawless country intimidating Indian diplomats, glorifying our former PM's assassination & talking of vivisection of our nation.
@JustinTrudeau
Justin Trudeau
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The glorification of violence is never acceptable in Canada – by any group or in any situation. I strongly condemn the demonstrations that have taken place, and are taking place, across the country in support of Hamas’ attacks on Israel. Let’s stand united against acts of terror.
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My youngest brother who has now become a fierce health freak, ⁦ @ARanganathan72 ⁩ and me enjoying the invigorating morning sessions at ⁦ @JaipurDialogues ⁩
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It's so pertinent that only after his death #SushantSingRajput , his brilliance, his social service & compassion are coming out in the media. While he was alive the pernicious film PR mechanism kept these aspects of his personality hidden from most of us, I'd like to believe?
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This 👇 dear "liberals" of India destroys that hallowed "idea of India". And NO, in a 1000 yrs #HagiaSophia hasn't happened in this " Dar-ul- Haram "of India & rest assured it won't, EVER! It's not politics, it's india's civilizational strength!
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Can't believe this person is in an editorial position in a newspaper. Has not heard of antisemitism within Christianity & colonial construct that always held Judaism as inferior among all ppl of the Book. And then they howl when half-baked illiterate journalists r called out🤦
@santwana99
santwanabhattacharya
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Oops. When people with partial knowledge start pronouncing verdicts on everything under the sun, we don't get scholarship but rotten tomatoes. @vikramsampath might want to explain how he keeps 'Judaism' outside the Abrahamic stream :))
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This is now becoming a Shakespearean tragedy collapsing like a pack of cards ! Cc: @RutgersU #academicforgery #academicfraudster #AudreyTruschke
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Some needless brouhaha abt statement by @rajnathsingh In my Vol 1 & in countless interviews I had stated already that in 1920 Gandhiji advised Savarkar brothers to file a petition & even made a case for his release through an essay in Young India 26 May 1920. So what's noise abt?
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