An ethnic clash erupted on 3 May 2023 in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the tribal community from the surrounding hills, including the Kuki and Zo peoples. …
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By: RSSFACTS Web Desk On June 2, 2023, three trains collided in Balasore district, in the state of Odisha in eastern India leaving 288 dead and more than 1000 injured. The local population joined the rescue and relief efforts. The …
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If one wants to understand how the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) has become the largest voluntary organisation in the world and plays such an impactful role in Bharat, then one has to look at the life and works of its second …
The detractors of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) who term ‘Hindutva’ an aggressive and political ideology have again kicked off a debate over ‘Hinduism vs Hindutva’ and ‘soft vs hard Hindutva’. Here is a glossary of some of the most commonly used …
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Arun Anand Is ‘Hindu Nationalism’ something that one should be wary of? That is the notion promoted by the Western media and intelligentsia. It is a common practise to discredit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the rise of Hindu …
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarkaryavah (General Secretary) Dattatreya Hosabale made two significant statements, addressing a programme at Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan on February 2, 2023. He said that all the people living in Bharat(India) are Hindus because …
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For several decades, there has been a concerted effort to malign the image of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Hindutva in western academia and public discourse. These efforts have increased manifold in recent years. In the second part of …
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