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100			_aReviewed by Purushottam Agrawal _960477
245			_aWho is it who is not ruined by his own nature?
260			_aBiblio: A Review of Books
300			_a30(1-3), Jan-Mar, 2025: p.15-16
520			_aThe new Lcon: Savarkar and facts by Arun Shourie Penguin Viking Penguin random house India, 2025, 543pp. Rs. 999 (HB) ISBN 978-0-143-47433-3. The difference in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ecosystem, attitude to Savarkar then and now is indeed a matter of curiosity, and so is the plethora of alternative facts being manufactured to glorify and iconize him. Arun Shourie verifies some of these alternative, faces with the real ones, screutinses many of Savarkar own statements and delves into the making of various myths about Savarkar, tracing the origin of some to the man himself. His book dens into claim to be a holistic, is instead a much needed historical fact check. –Reproduced
773			_aBiblio: A Review of Books
906			_aBOOK REVIEW
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