Topic: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
How RSS fought Indira Gandhi’s Emergency — as the foreign media saw it
With the Indian media heavily censored by the Indira Gandhi govt, foreign media highlighted the role played by the RSS during the Emergency.
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.
Madan Lal Khurana: BJP’s Punjabi face who opposed ‘pseudo-Hindutva’
Khurana was the bedrock of two crucial political aspects of the BJP -- its growth in Delhi as well as its alliance with the Akalis in Punjab.
Male-dominated RSS plans to name women as leaders — but only in sister organisations
Amid growing questions on the role of women within the Sangh Parivar, the RSS is looking to elevate women in organisations like VHP, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.
Devil’s advocate Karan Thapar fails to acquit himself
In his rather salacious memoir, the journalist doesn't offer a nuanced perspective about the personalities and events that shaped India.
‘RSS: 360°’ attempts to demystify Sangh but only reiterates it as lynchpin of BJP
Author Ratan Sharda conveniently omits that the RSS was never at the forefront of the independence movement, and kowtowed to the British govt.
The erasure of the Babri Masjid actually began six years before its demolition
The ‘Ayodhya controversy’ is not about the Ram temple, it is about the forcible occupation of a functioning mosque.
Hinduphobia makes Kamala Harris’ identity a liability. So she is ‘Black’ in US media
No wonder the wealthy and influential, but largely Democratic, Indian-American community has not yet welcomed Kamala Harris’ candidature as warmly as might be expected.
UK economy plunges into deep recession, shrinks 20.4% between April and June
Reacting to Office for National Statistics data, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the figures confirm that hard times were here and warned about more job losses in the coming months.
Defence
30,000 additional troops in Eastern Ladakh, Army faces stiff task housing them for winter
There is an infrastructure shortage in Eastern Ladakh, stemming from the fact that such large-scale movement of troops was unheard of in the region, and due to the challenging terrain.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.