Arun Shourie: An Intellectual Yodha Or A Shourry Hit-Man?

A large chunk of Arun Shourie's admirers take him to be an intellectual giant of Hindutva movement who turned bitter.

But what if that's not the case?

What if there's another dimension to his stance on Hinduism? A critical one. A Marxist one. Where he slandered Hinduism and called it a reason for the sufferings of masses.

What if his propensity to flip from one end of political spectrum to another is simply a symptom of his intellectual dishonesty and naked opportunism?

Was his commitment to Hindu cause ever genuine? Or has Shourie mastered the art of shifting loyalties for personal gain?

Let's take a step back for a moment. And ask ourselves with an open mind — has Shourie transitioned from an 'Intellectual Yodha' to a 'Hit-Man'? Or was he ever an 'Intellectual Yodha', in the first place?

In his 2500-word long scholarly piece, Aravindan Neelakandan delves into and answers all of these questions with rigorous profundity.

“Has Shourie fallen from grace, or did he never deserve the pedestal to begin with?” Aravindan asks in his article: Arun Shourie: An Intellectual Yodha Or A Hit-Man?

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