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TopicK.B. Hedgewar

Topic: K.B. Hedgewar

Savarkar severely criticised RSS for its ‘purely cultural’ orientation

In ‘Adivasi or Vanvasi’, Kamal Nayan Choubey explores the genesis, historical journey, nature of ideological discourse, and various functions of the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.

Indian conversations on RSS are linguistically unhygienic, clunky, says author

At the release of the book, Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography, author Sachin Nandha was accompanied by IGNCA Member Secretary Sachchidanand Joshi and the editor of Organiser, Prafulla Ketkar.

When a sick Hedgewar refused to travel second class. ‘RSS does not have the funds’

In 'Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography', Sachin Nandha traces Hedgewar's journey from an orphaned child to the visionary thinker behind the RSS.

A shift in tone for Miss World, 28 yrs later — beauty queens pay homage to RSS founder, visit Kashmir

Last edition of the beauty pageant held in India, in 1996, was opposed by groups including BJP & rocked by protests. But organisers have laid ground for very different approach this time.

Shinde visits RSS founder’s memorial, says decision on caste census after consulting all stakeholders

This comes a day after RSS functionary Shridhar Gadge opposed a caste census, which Congress has been strongly demanding, saying it won’t be good socially and for national unity.

Two RSS comics that captured the imagination of kids & teenagers, inspired them to join outfit

Comic books 'Dr Hedgewar' and 'Shri Guruji' played an important role in capturing the imagination of teenagers, who were being introduced to concepts such as shakhas.

Guru Nanak vs RSS guru Hedgewar—farmer protests showed how Sikhs have a lesson for India

Whenever India's farm sector was in jeopardy, Sikh-Punjabi farmers fought for their rights. The BJP underestimated them.

Founding, first shakha meet, 3 bans: Key moments that define 96-year journey of RSS

Founded in 1925 on Vijayadashmi, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has witnessed several important moments in the 96 years since its founding.

M.G. Vaidya — the RSS ideologue and Sanskrit scholar who worked with all its six chiefs

MG Vaidya, who passed away in Nagpur Saturday, had become an RSS swayamsevak in the 1930s when its founder Dr K.B. Hedgewar was alive.

RSS founder Hedgewar was with Congress, and other facts you didn’t know

Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was born in 1889 and died in 1940. His birth anniversary this year, according to the Hindu calendar, falls on 25 March.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.