
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) celebrates its centenary, it is an opportune moment to revisit one of the most persistent descriptions attached to the organisation: that it is a “right-wing” entity. Routinely applied by most of the English-language media …
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Bangladesh Liberation Day marks the military defeat of Pakistan in 1971 and a decisive turning point in a long political, humanitarian, and civilizational crisis in the subcontinent. The events that unfolded before and during the war including targeted atrocities against …
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In an RSS training camp (Sangh Shiksha Varga) in 1943 at Pune, the then Sarsanghchalak, M.S. Golwalkar, popularly known as Guruji, stood up to introduce an RSS functionary who was going to deliver the ‘Bauddhik’ (intellectual discourse) that day. Guruji said, …
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The Partition of India in 1947—creating the two nations of India and Pakistan—triggered one of the largest mass migrations in world history. Millions of Hindus and Sikhs were uprooted from their homes in West and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and …
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The recent emphasis on “Rashtraneeti” articulated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak (Chief mentor) Mohan Bhagwat during 100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons, a two-day lecture series held in Bengaluru on November 8–9, 2025, marking the RSS’s centennial yearoffers …
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The irony couldn’t be lost. The Left, after being done and dusted in India both electorally and ideologically, has kicked off a new campaign for a new narrative. Hold your breath! The new narrative of the Left is that it …

Around a week before the nation celebrated 150th anniversary of India’s national song ‘Vande Mataram’, on 7 November, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) called upon the nation and the society to celebrate the spirit of this song over the next year. …
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