Savarkar answered the question by linking the ancient territorial idea of Hinduism to a new imagined community bound by race. Seen this way, all Indians were related by common blood.60 But in contrast to Sikhs, Dalits and Tribals, Savarkar suspected Muslim and Christian Indians, since they looked outside of India’s sacred geography, towards Mecca, Jerusalem and Rome. Savarkar deemed them, not second-class citizens, but traitors to their own race.
