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Sardar Patel and the RSS: A Story That Needs to Be Retold
India observes ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)’ on 31 October every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel who had played a crucial role in the …
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RSS’ worldview on education goes much beyond rewriting history books
On the eve of Diwali this year, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat publicly stated that India needs to shed the “Macaulay Knowledge System” and return to its indigenous system. The so-called Macaulay system of education was formally imposed in …
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RSS Volunteers in the Hyderabad Satyagraha: The 1938 Unarmed Resistance
India’s freedom struggle from the British colonial rule was a continuous journey of both armed resistance and nonviolent movements. During this period several princely states remained under autocratic rule, depriving their people of even basic civil rights.Among these, Hyderabad stood …
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Decades-Old RSS Warning: Demographic imbalance now a critical concern
The issue of changing religious demography due to illegal migration in India has resurfaced in India’s public discourse as the Union Home Minister Amit Shah raised this issue in a lecture on October 10 in New Delhi. Earlier, this issue …
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RSS Commemorates 100-year: Complete Text of Sarsanghchalak’s Speech
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completed 100-years on October 2 this year. It commemorates its Founder’s Day every year on the occasion of Vijayadashami, a sacred Hindu festival. Carrying the tradition forward, this year also, the Sarsanghchalak(Chief Mentor) Mohan Bhagwat addressed …
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Unsung Heroines of the Emergency: How RSS-Inspired Women Fought for Democracy
When the Congress government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had imposed internal emergency in India, it is not only the men but a large number of women associated with the RashtraSevika Samiti and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), …
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RSS@100: How the institution of ‘Sarsanghchalak’ evolved over a century
In light of the thoughts expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 75th birthday of RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, which were published by major Indian media outlets on September 11, it becomes important to understand how …
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