Prime Minister Modi has released a commemorative stamp and coin on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS]. He glorified the organisation in his speech and spoke about its contribution to India’s freedom struggle. Utter lies. Why does the Prime Minister of a country as big and supposedly glorious stoop so low with blatant mendacity? Modi’s speech made me look once more at the numerous posts I wrote in this space over the years. Let me present a few of them here with brief notes. 1. RSS: A View to the Inside : A book review which looks at the ominous growth of RSS. A quote from the post: The history of India is being rewritten too by the affiliates of the RSS. One of these affiliates, Vidya Bharati, runs about 13,000 schools in the country with 3,200,000 students and 146,000 teachers making it “the largest private school system in India”. Ekal Vidyalayas is another organ of the RSS which runs schools in the remote rural and tribal area...
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