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RSS in UK: Growing Global Interest in Bharat’s Civilisational Perspective

As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks its centenary year, the organisation’s engagement beyond Bharat continues to attract significant global attention. During a six-day visit to the United Kingdom from April 10 to 15 this year, RSS Sarkaryavah (General Secretary) …

Civilisational Conversations in Berlin: Why Dattatreya Hosabale’s Visit Matters

When Dattatreya Hosabale, General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), travelled to Berlin on April 28–29, the visit went beyond routine institutional outreach. It reflected a deeper and evolving dimension of India’s global engagement—one that is increasingly civilisational, societal, and dialogue-driven, rather …

RSS Annual Report 2025–26: Data, Outreach, and the Expansion of a Nationwide Network

The annual report of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for 2025–26 was presented at the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) held in Samalkha, Haryana, from March 13 to 15, 2026. As the highest decision-making body of the RSS, the ABPS …

A Meeting of Minds: RSS and the Deepening of Civilisational Dialogue in the US

The General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Dattatreya Hosabale, visited the United States in April 2026, a moment that coincides with the organisation’s centenary year and lends the visit added significance. While interactions of senior RSS functionaries abroad …

HinduPACT Study Questions USCIRF’s Evolving Narrative Targeting the RSS

In a research study titled ‘USCIRF Reporting on India (2007–2026): A Longitudinal Analysis of Narrative Frames and Hindu Organisation Mentions’, the Hindu Policy Research and Advocacy Collective (HinduPACT), an organisation dedicated to advocating for and researching issues concerning the American Hindu …

Rethinking AI Ethics Through Dharmic Framework 

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak (Chief Mentor) Mohan Bhagwat has repeatedly brought up the issue of the ‘appropriate’ use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the larger good in the recent past. That brings to the fore the issue of …

Bhaiyaji Dani: Leadership, Sacrifice and the Making of the RSS

Bhaiyaji Dani was a prominent figure in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and served as its second Sarkaryavah (General Secretary). Born in 1908 in Umred in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra into a family of a rich landlord, Prabhakar Balwant …