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Mohan Bhagwat
Politics
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Reportage
In Modi's shadow, the Sangh leader is no longer supreme
Crime
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Interview
An RSS worker trained in firearms and bomb-making reveals the Sangh’s extremist underbelly
Politics
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Commentary
The social profile of Hindu nationalism and its unease over reservations
Christophe Jaffrelot
Politics
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Commentary
Dattatreya Hosabale’s elevation as the RSS’s executive head is a triumph for Modi
Dhirendra K Jha
Politics
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News
Politicians from Australia, UK attend roundtable on whether India is becoming a fascist state
Amrita Singh
Politics
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Commentary
How Mohan Bhagwat outlined a vision for a casteist, theocratic Hindu state on national TV
Sagar
Politics
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Commentary
For the RSS, “sewa” is a means to achieve the Hindu Rashtra
Sagar
Politics
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News
How the RSS co-opted local administrations for its relief interventions during the COVID-19 lockdown
Sagar
Politics
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Essay
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s tribulations over caste
Dinesh Narayanan
Religion
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Excerpt
The Akal Takht’s call to ban RSS reiterates Sikhism’s long resistance to a Hindu Rashtra
Hartosh Singh Bal
Politics
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Reportage
How the RSS is infiltrating India’s intellectual spaces
Hartosh Singh Bal
Politics
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News
Did Congress's sadhu politics force VHP and RSS to shelve their temple agitation plan?
Dhirendra K Jha
History
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Commentary
Bhagwat distorted Sangh founder Hedgewar’s circular ordering allegiance to bhagwa dhwaj
Dhirendra K Jha
Religion
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Commentary
The RSS’s dangerous position on separate religion status for the Lingayats
Hartosh Singh Bal
Politics
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Profile
Nitin Gadkari’s heritage as the RSS’s man in reserve
Praveen Donthi
Politics
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Commentary
In Gujarat, the BJP’s ideology clashes with its electoral politics
Darshan Desai
Politics
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Profile
Mohan Bhagwat brings a resurgent Sangh to the cusp of political power
Dinesh Narayanan
Politics
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Reportage
The transcripts of all four interviews with Aseemanand
The Caravan
Swami Aseemanand claims that the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, knew about the conspiracy to bomb civilian targets. Selected audio recordings and translations from his interviews with The Caravan
The Caravan
Politics
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Profile
Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh
Leena Gita Reghunath
Politics
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Reportage
After a season of tumult, the BJP prepares to bet everything on Narendra Modi
Poornima Joshi