“… I repeat: we do not hate our Indian brothers, Mohammadans, Christians, or whatever they may be; we have no grudge against them. The only thing we hate is anti-national religious fanaticism, from wherever it may come. We know that we have shared, in the past, the same eternal Indian culture with those who have since then, become the Indian Mohammadans and Christians, and, in the same spirit and with the same earnestness as we preach India above all sects to the Hindus, we urge those Indians who believe in so-called world-religions to put India above them. We call them back to our common national culture and civilisation, for the sake of the Nation. If they love the Nation, let them come and join us. They are welcome.”
“But whoever does not care for India and her culture, whether he be born a Mohammadan, a Christian or even a Hindu, should have no place in the country but, at most, as a temporarily sojourning foreigner. Whoever loves any community more than India should go out of India.”
Savitri Devi, “A WARNING TO THE HINDUS” Calcutta, May 1939
[Born as Maximiani Julia Portas in 1905 in Lyon, France, Savitri Devi Mukherjee was the daughter of Maxim Portas, a French citizen of Greek and Italian ancestry and an English woman, Julia Portas. Savitri Devi studied philosophy and chemistry, earning two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Lyon. Asit Krishna Mukherji attended the University of London taking a doctorate in history. Mukherji used his connections with Subhas Chandra Bose and the Japanese authorities to put them in contact with one another, thus facilitating the formation of the Indian National Army. In January 1938, Mukherji met Savitri Devi who was deeply impressed with his knowledge. They married on June 9, 1940 in Calcutta.]
[A Warning to the Hindus was first published by Brahmachari Bijoy Krishna of the Hindu Mission in Calcutta in 1939 with a foreword by G.D. Savarkar (brother of V.D. Savarkar). It was translated into six Indian languages, including Bengali, Hindi, and Marathi. It was re-published in 1993 by Promilla Paperbacks (New Delhi, ISBN 81-85002-40-1)].
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