Date of Publication :15th October 2020

Abstract: Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an accomplished poet, novelist, playwright and a writer of short stories. He was also a historian and champion of purification of language, a freedom fighter, a social and religious reformer and an Indian politician, who believed in democratic secular state. The life and literature of Savarkar had various paradoxical phenomena. Savarkar had written historical, political, non-political literature and also contributed as the first Marathi journalist in newsletters from foreign countries. His production of literature despite of his political activities has shifted him from a revolutionary patriotic to a founding father of the imagination of Hindu Rashtra or Hindutva. Hence, his name and his political thoughts and philosophy are almost synonymous with Hindu nationalism or Hindutva. His writing stands for today and not for the blind traditions of yesterday All writings are like leaps through arches fixed with knives and blazing torches turned inside. As an active thinker and reformer Savarkar had not written his philosophy in book form for simple intellectual pleasure and his philosophy of life depicts in his literature. This paper is aims to take a glance on the literature of Savarkar and to throw light on his philosophy.

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