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Key moments in the 99-year-old journey of RSS influencing its evolution

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the largest voluntary organisation in the world and its volunteers run more than three dozen organisations across the country. These organisations include India’s largest labour, farmers’, tribal welfare, educational, social service organisations. The RSS …

Making of a global organisation: A brief history of VHP

Not many people know how the word ‘vishva’ (world) figured in the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), an organisation inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In 1950s, Hindus living in Trinidad sent their Parliamentarian Dr ShambhunathKapildeo to meet Jawahar Lal Nehru-led …

How  Indian Trade Union Movement made a paradigm shift 

Over the last seven decades, the labour movement in India has undergone a significant change. From the path of perpetual confrontation with the employers, the focus is now more on working together to build a strong India.  This is the …

What really happens  in RSS coordination meetings behind closed doors?

There has been a lot of buzz about an all-India coordination meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) scheduled to be held at Palakkad in Kerala at the end of this month. There has been a flurry of unsubstantiated news reports …

Vivekananda Rock Memorial:An inspirational tale of grit and determination 

Swami Vivekananda’s mission for the rejuvenation of Bharat began when he sat on “the last bit of Indian rock” at Kanyakumari and attained the vision of national reconstruction.  Thanks to the gigantic efforts of a Pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh …

How RSS protected millions of innocents during India’s partition

India’s independence in 1947 was accompanied by the partition of the country into two nations-India and Pakistan. The partition resulted in an unprecedented blood bath. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) played a stellar role in saving millions of Hindus and …

How RSS revived the unique Bharatiya tradition of ‘Guru Dakshina’

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since its inception in 1925 had decided that it would not accept funds from anyone outside the organisation and it would fund itself with the help of its volunteers. Hence came into existence a unique …