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rigidity and constriction of emotions. This was the kind of society in which
Nathuram Godse was born, grew and died.
Godse and his associates decision to kill Gandhi was certainly
determined by the circumstances of Partition and the death of Hindus in
the course of the communal violence of 1947. But, during his trial, Godse
also made clear that there was an ideological element to the decision: I
had never made a secret of the fact that I supported the ideology of the
school that was opposed to that of Gandhi. I firmly believed that the
teachings of absolute ahimsa as advocated by Gandhi would ultimately
result in the emasculation of the Hindu community and thus make the
community incapable of resisting the aggression or inroads of other
communities, especially the Muslims.By his own admission, Godse
belonged to an ideological stream fed by Hindu nationalism and political
violence against Gandhi, a school of thought that began with B.G. Tilak
and was perpetuated by Tilakites such as V.D. Savarkar, Godses mentor.
Godses interpretation of the Mahabharata also has similarities with
Tilaks Gita Rahasya. At the end of his trial, Godse said: In fact, honour,
duty and love of ones own kith and kin and country might often compel us
to disregard non-violence. Arjun had to fight and slay quite a number of his
friends and relations, including the revered Bhishma, because the latter
was on the side of the aggressor. It is my firm belief that in dubbing Ram,
Krishna and Arjun as guilty of violence, the Mahatma betrayed a total
ignorance of the springs of human action.