Hi, Everyone! This is how Mr. Joglekar describe’s Savarkar’s oratory:
I had heard many of his public speeches and at a time when his eloquence was at its zenith.
I have read the speeches of Cicero, Demosthenes, Fox, Burke, Churchill, Hitler, and others. At some point in the speeches, you feel the eloquence. And yet there is a feeling that something is missing. One feels that they are not instinct with liveliness. There is no rhythm, no stress on words. Printed speeches are like Greek statues. They look beautiful but are cold. The future generations will have this experience while reading Savarkar’s speeches.
We were fortunate. We heard some of his finest speeches.
The late Mr. D. V. Gokhale, former assistant editor of Maharashtra Times, wrote an article on Savarkar after his death. He wrote therein, ‘Next day he gave a lecture in Shivaji Akhada. The subject was Hindutva. I do not remember even a word of the historical and social arguments he then advanced. But I was caught in the cataract of his eloquence. It is said that the chariot of Dharmaraja used to run a few inches above the ground. I remember that I felt a little elevated from the ground while listening to Savarkar’s first speech. His personality and eloquence cast a permanent spell on me.’
Gokhale’s opinion, to a large extent, is a representative one.”
Anurupa