Centenarian talks about life before and after 1947

Bengaluru | Thursday | 15th August, 2019

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Varsha Gowda ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: 102-year-old freedomfighter, Herohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy sits by the window in his house in Jayanagar, and reminisces in a voice softened by age. During which time he was in preventative detention for 14 months. Doreswamy in the loudest that he has spoken emphasized the idea that he and his fellow leaders were fighting for. “We fought for a country independent of violence, our India was like accepting and inviting towards everyone,” he said. “What a fall, countrymen,” he exclaimed, “maybe the rich have freedom but so many others don’t even have a taste,” he concluded..