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Demystifying ‘progressive unfoldment’ of RSS’ vision and mission

As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) turns 100 in 2025, it’s an enigma to many how an organisation which doesn’t have a formal membership expanded so much, and that too without succession wars. The secret lies in the structure and …

Remembering Prof. Nanda: A Scholar Who Promoted Hindu Culture Globally

Professor Ved Prakash Nanda, a noted Indian-American legal scholar and a prominent member of the Indian diaspora in the United States of America (USA), passed away on January 1, 2024 in Denver. He was 93. Born in Gujranwala in undivided …

How RSS inspired Vidya Bharati is helping educate millions

What started as Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, a small school by Vidya Bharati at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, in 1952 to educate the young generation according to Bhartiya values and culture, has grown into one of the largest private networks of …

 Sewa Bharati: An RSS inspired organisation spearheading over 35000 social welfare projects

From running libraries, coaching centres to clinics and blood banks, Rashtriya Sewa Bharati, a social service organisation inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is spearheading over 35,000 projects aimed at improving healthcare, education and employability for the unprivileged in urban …

RSS approaching 100: Key moments that shaped the evolution of ideology and organisation

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) will turn 100 in the year 2025. It  was founded in 1925 on the auspicious day of Vijayadashami, a festival celebrated across India generally in the month of October. The RSS celebrates its foundation day every …

How Media covered the all India Coordination meeting of RSS

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds an annual coordination meeting also known as Akhil Bharartiya Samanvay Baithak (All India Co-ordination meeting). During this meeting the representatives of various organisations inspired by the RSS to work in the field of social …

How women inspired by RSS built their own pan India organisation

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), arguably, the largest voluntary organisation in the world has often been targeted by its detractors on the issue of  RSS’ worldview  about women. Contrary to the stereotypes nurtured by its critics since its inception, the …