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RSS prepares to implement blueprint for massive expansion

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has two top decision-making bodies that meet once a year. The first is the Akhil Bharatiya Pratindhi Sabha (ABPS), and the other is the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM). The ABPS generally meets around March-April …

Strengthening Hindu unity through tribal culture

Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) inspired non-profit organisation committed towards upliftment of vanvasi (tribal community) recently organised its triennial workers’ conference at Samalkha, in the Indian state of Haryana. The three-day event, held from September 20-22, 2024, …

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 …