Hindutva's multifaceted founder

Mr Purandare's book is a scrupulous effort to portray the multi-dimensional personality of one of India's more colourfully controversial leaders- Veer Savarkar

1907: “Gandhi is a true desh bhakt” — Veer Savarkar about Mahatma Gandhi

1922: “Savarkar’s talent should be utilised for public welfare. He is brave. He is clever. He is a patriot. He is a revolutionary” — Gandhi about Savarkar

1928: “Criticism of non-violence is not a criticism of Gandhiji. We will fight shoulder-to-shoulder with Mahatmaji in the national struggle” — Savarkar about Gandhi

1944: “I urge Hindus to not contribute a pie to the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust. Suffering of Kasturba was insignificant relatively” — Savarkar after the death of Kasturba Gandhi

1948: “So, you