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Ep 327: The Many Shades of George Fernandes

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Power of Pamphlets

In the hundred years since 1857 there were four pamphlets that were written. The first one was Ameth Khan who wrote the causes of Indian revolt it happened in 1858. Gandhi's Hinsuraj or Abedkar's annihilation of caste is another 10 years later. Savarkar's 1924 Hindutva as Essentials of Hindutva and the fifth one fourth one is another ten years later. These are actually power pamphlets they are looking for power nothing else all these four pamphlets are building a case for power rivalries, he says.

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