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RSSS Tryst with Politics - From Hedgewar to Sudarshan (Paperback)
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This RSS is perhaps the most controversial organisation in
contemporary India. This book explores the mission, method and
motive of the RSS and suggests that the ideological core of the RSS
- Hindu Rashtra - is political and not cultural. It argues that K B
Hedgewar the founder of the RSS, had a clear political mission,
while M S Golwalkar, his successor, despite his saintly appearance
and overt distaste for 'politics', sharpened and amplified its
ideology Nevertheless, deep down the RSS remained political. This
book goes on to delineate how Balasaheb Deoras, the third chief,
who did not have much of a fancy for 'culture', plunged into Indian
politics on the organisational and ideological foundation created
by his predecessors. Deoras seriously pursued the homogenising
agenda of the RSS to integrate different sections like the Dalits,
tribals and women into the fold of the Hindu Rashtra. Rajendra
Singh, the successor of Deoras, consolidated the political mission
by getting control over the State and reaching out to civil society
more effectively. K.S. Sudarshan, the present chief, while
attempting to retain a tight control over State power,
simultaneously reinforces Hindutva. The author concludes by arguing
that the RSS - from Hedgewar to Sudarshan - continues its tryst
with politics to convert India into a Hindu Rashtra. Highly
readable and of contemporary relevance, this book would be of
immense interest to political scientists, political sociologists
and all those interested in present-day India.
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