Topic: Swayamsevak
Why RSS has chosen to remind Modi-Shah of its key role in BJP’s big election wins
Manmohan Vaidya’s remark at an RSS conclave evokes a sense of deja vu. Remember Mohan Bhagwat saying 2014 election win ‘wasn’t about one man’?
‘RSS is family’ and what to do with non-Hindus: An RSS trainee’s camp notebook
Many RSS camp participants keep notebooks, in which they record the words of patriotic songs, take notes on physical exercises, and games.
Argumentative & individualist – Why Modi was an unusual RSS swayamsevak
Whereas many RSS apparatchiks were grounded in inherited certitudes, Modi was forever pushing the frontiers of his own intellectual development.
On Camera
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MoD ‘empire’ has struck back on PM Modi’s CDS reform. But he must stay his course
It was probably too much to expect that the CDS could bring about the politically mandated changes despite friction between MoD and the Services.
World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.
Defence
2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.