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A Century of RSS: Why Rashtraneeti Defines Its National Vision

The recent emphasis on “Rashtraneeti” articulated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak (Chief mentor) Mohan Bhagwat during 100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons, a two-day lecture series held in Bengaluru on November 8–9, 2025, marking the RSS’s centennial yearoffers …

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 …

RSS @100: Dharma, Not Dogma – A Civilisational Roadmap for Balance in Society

The three-day lecture series organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from 26-28 August in Delhi has set up a perfect ground for a larger debate on the role of ‘Dharma’ and ‘Religion’ in Indian society. The lecture series was …

From Relief to Resistance: RSS Volunteers in Jammu & Kashmir During Partition

The partition of India on 14 August 1947 resulted in the displacement of nearly fifteen million people and the deaths of over one million. Some seventy-five thousand women were raped, and many of them were then disfigured or dismembered.This period …

‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ Is a Colonial Guilt Project—Not India’s Story

‘International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’   is observed every year on August 9. For the last few years, this occasion has led to the clash of narratives. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Akhil BharatiyaVanvasi Kalyan Ashram (ABVKA), an …