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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
TopicRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Topic: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

RSS doesn’t grandstand. Here’s how it’s actually looking at its centenary in 2025

Arun Anand responds to ThePrint Opinion Editor Rama Lakshmi's article which said the political talk in India is obsessing over 2024 when the RSS' centenary is the real deal.

All political talk in India is obsessing over 2024. The real deal is 2025

Much was made of Mohan Bhagwat's meeting with media editors recently, but not too many took note of his talks with book publishers a few months ago.

Jana Sangh was formed on this day 70 yrs ago. How its ideology is reflected in today’s BJP

The establishment of the BJS was significant as it was the foremost counter-measure to challenge the Nehruvian paradigm of politics and present an alternative paradigm.

RSS & VHP call religious conversion a form of ‘violence’, to launch campaign to curb it

Under the campaign, VHP workers will conduct door-to-door visits in tribal areas to educate people about Hindu religion. It also wants a law to halt conversion.

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.

On Camera

Indian R&D is lagging. Tata Motors is an exception within India Inc

In 2022-2023, Tata Motors spent 5.86% of its total sales on R&D—on par with global automotive leaders like Toyota and Ford and more than the combined R&D spending of 30 largest Indian companies.

Global financial system is reaching a major turning point. Why interoperability is important

While digital assets are speeding ahead, the tech and regulatory frameworks behind them aren’t keeping up. Each blockchain still operates with its own governance, standards andcompliance assumptions.

Losses are not important, outcomes are—CDS General Anil Chauhan on Operation Sindoor ‘setbacks’

Pakistan wanted to get India to its knees in 48 hours but instead folded up in about 8 hours, he asserts. 'India is not going to live under shadow of terror & nuclear blackmail.'

Asim Munir just stole his 5th star & has nothing to show for it. It’ll make him desperate, dangerous

Asim Munir locked up Imran Khan, had his handmaiden parliament give himself an extended tenure. But the additional jingle of that fifth star will not change facts on the ground.