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RSS flags flawed development models leading to  environmental crisis

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has once again flagged, quite emphatically, that while India is doing great in terms of growth, the policy makers need to have a relook at the current development model that has created a major environmental …

Key excerpts from RSS Sarsanghchalak’s Vijaydashami speech

The RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat delivered the annual Vijaydashami speech on 12 October 2024 at Nagpur in the Indian state of Maharastra. Here are some key excerpts from his speech   It is on expected lines that certain powers whose …

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 …