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Why RSS wants to celebrate 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dr Hedgewar and RSS in Civil Disobedience Movement: A Forgotten Chapter of Freedom Struggle

When Mahatma Gandhi launched the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, the Salt March symbolized India’s defiance of British rule. But there was another struggle that unfolded in villages and forests, the JungleSatyagraha(non-violent resistance in forests) in the year 1930–31. For …

RSS Training Programmes:  An Overview  

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), world’s largest voluntary organisation, has a defining presence in India. At the heart of its functioning lies a robust system of cadre training, focused on disciplineand selfless service. This training is imparted through a well-structured …

How RSS broke the stereotypes in north-east and bridged the divide

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s journey of over the last 100 years, whenever recounted and analysed by both its supporters as well as the critics, leaves out its work in the ‘north eastern’ region of India. One of the key reasons …