On the recent Savarkar controversy
Aiyar's statements are his personalviews and not of the government...it is an unnecessary controversy. Savarkar was a freedom fighter and a patriot,but therewere some aspects of his life which have created controversies. He was also associated with the ideology ofHindutva with which all of us do not agree. He also was an accused in the Gandhi assassination case but wasacquitted. History, however, gives us the luxury ofinterpreting events in different ways, but I do not think any any good isachievedby speaking ill of the dead.