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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicHedgewar

Topic: Hedgewar

Delhi’s RSS@100 discussion turns into a debate on caste system

To observe the upcoming centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Prafulla Ketkar, Meenakshi Jain and J Nandakumar gave speeches at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre.

Hedgewar had hired Christian teachers to train the RSS

In The RSS And The Making Of The Deep Nation, Dinesh Narayanan writes about how the organisation was not only modelled on the British military, but trained and clothed similarly.

Why Gandhi and Ambedkar never engaged with Hedgewar, the founder of RSS

Of all the things Gandhi stood for, RSS & BJP could only co-opt legacy of cleanliness. As if Gandhi had only swept his ashram and cleaned his toilet.

Surprise: Nehru library also has the best collection of RSS’s Hedgewar, Savarkar papers

Away from the controversial museum, the library and archive features everyone from Nehru and Indira Gandhi to S.P. Mookerjee, Hedgewar, Savarkar and J.P.

On Camera

Bondi Beach attack holds lessons for India too — soft targets remain terror’s first choice

India’s counter-terror focus must go beyond organised modules to include individual radicalisation, mental health-linked violence, and spontaneous attacks in public spaces.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.