Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
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 …
How Hindu nationalism is intrinsically linked to the national consciousness
Hindu nationalism is at the core of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s ideology. Intellectuals influenced by the Western political thought and Marxism have often interpreted it as a communal ideology which is detrimental to the interests of the minorities. But nothing …
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Why the world of economics should replace ‘economic man’ with ‘whole man’
There is a crisis in economic theory and that has been reflected by the growing inequalities and the unsustainable growth models going bust across the world over the last 100 years. This crisis in economic theory started in the post-Keynesian …
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How RSS played an important role in India’s freedom struggle
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) played a stellar role in India’s freedom struggle. The organisation was set up in 1925 and its founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar went to jail twice in 1921 and 1931. He was also a member …
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What is the RSS’ stand on ‘caste’ and ‘reservation’ ?why Gandhi and Ambedkar were impressed with it?
A fake video has recently been circulated on social media about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on the issue of reservation. The video purportedly claimed that the RSS is opposed to reservation to the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other …
RSS developing indigenous model of rural development for Indian villages
Rural India has been one of the key focus areas of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and over the period it has developed an indigenous model for making villages self-sustainable. Though Deendayal Research Institute (DRI), an organisation inspired by the RSS …
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Understanding RSS through Dr Hedgewar’s biography ‘Man of the Millennia’
Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavah(General Secretary) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) recently released one of the most authentic biographies of its founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. The book titled ‘The Man of the Millennia-Dr Hedgewar’ was originally written in Marathi and published …
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