Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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 …
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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 …
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Key takeaways from RSS meet: Focus on expansion, women safety, protecting Hindus globally
The much awaited three day all India Coordination meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at Palakkad in the Indian state of Kerala ended on September 2. The meeting was attended by senior functionaries of 32 RSS-inspired organisations including 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 …
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How RSS revived the unique Bharatiya tradition of ‘Guru Dakshina’
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since its inception in 1925 had decided that it would not accept funds from anyone outside the organisation and it would fund itself with the help of its volunteers. Hence came into existence a unique …
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Indian judiciary laments the wrongs done to RSS by hostile govts
In 1966, the Congress government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had issued an order prohibiting the employees of the central government from participating in the activities of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The reason cited for this was that RSS …
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How British government tried to restrict RSS and was defeated in legislative council
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was set up in 1925 and by the early 1930s more than 10,000 swayamsevaks had started attending its daily Shakha. The British government was deeply concerned over the rapid expansion of the RSS as it …
