Selective Facts, Convenient Omissions: Unpacking Shourie’s Take On Savarkar In New Book

Did Arun Shourie, once a champion of the Hindu Right, apply the same rigorous standards to Savarkar that he demanded of others in his seminal work "Eminent Historians"?

The book review by Apratim Tripathi exposes glaring omissions and selective sourcing in Shourie's latest book 'The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts'.

The review asks: Can Shourie's work meet his own benchmark for historical scholarship?