Conservative or Modernist? The Problem of Theorising Savarkar

Reading Time: 6 minutes A perennial dilemma faced by any sincere student of Indian politics is how to analyse V D Savarkar as a political figure whose ideas and ideals continue to decisively shape Indian polity. The relevance of Savarkar is restricted not just to the...

The Necessity of an Indic Perspective to Understand India

Reading Time: 4 minutes Edward Said in his seminal essay ‘Travelling Theory’ has argued that ideas and theories travel over time and place and often acquire a renewed meaning during this movement. Beginning with the ‘Point of Origin’, Said points out total four stages...