I read these books ( both in Kannada and English) recently and here is my take on it. It seems like Prof UR Ananthmurthy was restless while writing this book and he indicates this indirectly in the preface by saying I might not have much time as I am writing this towards the fag end of my life but feel compelled to do so. When he said he doesn’t want to live in a country where Mr Modi is prime minister he was bashed by one and all especially the right wing which he clarifie s as a statement of “ symbolism “ and says that he continues to live and oppose the PM, since it is his fundamental right. In the most part of this book Prof UR Ananthamurthy argues how Gandhiji s “ Hind Swaraj “ is more inclusive than Veer Savarkar s “ Hindutva “ which he considers as skewed with incomplete understanding of Hinduism. However he doesn’t forget to mention the qualities of Savarkar like promulgation of abolishing caste , education to all , his commitment to what he believed and how he c...