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Why India is better off with the RSS than without it

Organisations change with the times, and the RSS has probably done so too. But its past comes in handy for critics to take political potshots at it today.

DNA of people living in ‘Akhand Bharat’ for over 40,000 yrs same, says RSS chief Bhagwat

Speaking at lecture series to mark 100 yrs of RSS, Bhagwat said Sangh doesn’t work against anyone, but to keep society in good health, added Hindu does not imply ‘Hindu vs all’.

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.

There’s a lobby that wants to keep Nathuram Godse alive. And it’s not the Hindu Right

On national TV, these Godse-contra cheerleaders even challenge BJP supporters to say ‘Godse Murdabad’ to prove their patriotism.

Stung by militant tag, VHP calls CIA Factbook a ‘fakebook’, wants Modi govt to intervene

VHP wants the Centre to speak to the US government, threatens to launch worldwide agitation.

Indian trade unions: united in labour cause, divided over RSS ideology

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh skipped conclave backed by 10 central trade unions, plans separate rally on 17 November.

RSS building front against Pinarayi Vijayan govt in Kerala

The RSS is in talks with leaders of political parties who oppose policies of the Left-led government

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.