Sri Vijayapuram: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid glowing tributes to freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, describing him as a writer as well as a fighter who laid the foundation of “Cultural Nationalism”.

Speaking at an event in Sri Vijayapuram (Andaman and Nicobar) on the completion of 115 years of a collection of Savarkar’s poems, ‘Sagara Prana Talamalla’, HM Shah said, “The ideology of Savarkar should be propagated and shared by parents with their children.”

He credited Savarkar for laying the foundation and defining the concept of “Cultural Nationalism” – an ideology which is guiding the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Home Minister said Savarkar was a writer as well as a fighter. He was a born patriot and also a sage-seer.

He was also a socia

See Full Page