Dear Sandra, can you please provide details of the person who saved copy of Savarkar's book on 1857 revolution?
On Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 11:18:40 PM UTC+5:30 sandra lobo wrote: > That thesis about Shivaji was a motive of waste of a lot of ink.... > Regarding Savarkar, the story shared by Sajan is absolutely delicious. What > many may not know is that a son of Goa played an important role in saving > the manuscript of his book on the 1857 Revolt. Best wishes, Sandra > > > > > Sandra Ataíde Lobo > > > > CHAM – Centro de Humanidades, FCSH/NOVA-UAC > > https://giepcip.wordpress.com/ > > tmn. +351919214170 <+351%20919%20214%20170> > > > ------------------------------ > *De:* [email protected] <[email protected]> em nome de > Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > *Enviado:* 28 de maio de 2019 13:40 > *Para:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Ashley D'Mello; Brenda Rodrigues > *Assunto:* Re: [GOABOOKCLUB] Savarkar - Son of Portugal > > Someone has also claimed that Shivaji was born in Bassein and was of > Portuguese descent: > https://www.jstor.org/stable/25194201 > > > -- > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/ > _/ FN फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا > _/ https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha > _/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > > > On Tue, 28 May 2019, 19:01 Sajan Venniyoor, <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was reported > <https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/05/27/son-portugal-savarkar-bjp-flays-rajasthan-congress-textbook-revision.html> > > by the Press Trust of India – a story > <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fresh-feud-over-son-of-portugal-savarkar/articleshow/69529453.cms> > > then picked up major newspapers – that the Congress govt in Rajasthan had > offered up a major insult to V D Savarkar by captioning his photograph in a > Class X textbook, “Son of Portugal”. > > Savarkar, of course, is a fairly controversial figure in post-colonial > India. It was reported last year that a Class X text book in Goa had > replaced Nehru’s image with that of Savarkar's (though not calling him a > ‘Son of Portugal’), and this was roundly condemned by the Congress. Only > this morning, Savarkar’s portrait was unveiled in the Goa Assembly complex > by the Chief Minister, who said, “The tortures endured by Veer Savarkar > during freedom struggle in Andaman prison in 1883 have been forgotten. > People should read his autobiography” > > (Actually, Mr. Sawant should read Savarkar’s biography. Savarkar was > *born* in 1883. He was imprisoned in the Cellular Jail in 1911). > > Anyway, I was somewhat puzzled by the caption in the Rajasthan textbook, > “Son of Portugal”. As far as I knew, Savarkar – a Chitpavan Brahmin from > Nashik – had no Portuguese connections. And then it hit me. > > While imprisoned in the Andaman & Nicobar islands, Savarkar had written > several infamous mercy petitions to the colonial government, begging to be > released. He wrote the first one within six months of becoming Convict No: > 32778 in Cellular Jail. In a second petition dated 14 Nov 1913 – a fairly > craven piece of work – Savarkar swore loyalty to the English government, > “if the government in their manifold beneficence and mercy release me,” > adding: “The Mighty alone can afford to be merciful and therefore where > else can *the prodigal son* return but to the parental doors of the > Government?” > > Ah, the Prodigal Son. > > Or, in Hindi, the “Son of Portugal” (पुर्तगाल का पुत्र). > > The translator’s is a thankless job, and I can imagine the poor chap > trying to make sense of ‘prodigal’ – not a common word in Hindi – and > deciding Savarkar meant ‘Portugal’. (Savarkar, incidentally, was extremely > well read in several languages, and contributed many words to the Marathi > vocabulary. He also popularized the term ‘Hindutva’). > > Savarkar is a bogeyman to left-liberals, and a hero to the right. He was a > patriot, admittedly a fairly homicidal one in the non-Gandhian tradition, > but nevertheless a *deshbhakt*. Though he was – and is – many things to > many people, I’m fairly sure Savarkar was never, in his chequered career, a > son of Portugal. > > I’d be very happy to be proved wrong. > > Sajan > > -- > *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Goa Book Club" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CA%2B2EU70c%2BXyGqUfvYQS7ojYteG3DTPMBmHXtfxDm%2BpR3V0z1kA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CA%2B2EU70c%2BXyGqUfvYQS7ojYteG3DTPMBmHXtfxDm%2BpR3V0z1kA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Goa Book Club" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CAMCR53KEPFfT%3DjSN9T-2u-UAO%2BTdH9uefNigCXic%3DDoKpqynfg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CAMCR53KEPFfT%3DjSN9T-2u-UAO%2BTdH9uefNigCXic%3DDoKpqynfg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. 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