 "The idea of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh seniors occupying the dais at an event largely seen as one dominated by Left-liberal opinion-moulders seemed an anathema to many")
When Dattatreya Hosabale and Manmohan Vaidya were asked to speak at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival, beginning Wednesday, the invites sparked a buzz in literary and political circles. The idea of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) seniors occupying the dais at an event largely seen as one dominated by Left-liberal opinion-moulders seemed anathema to many.
Hosabale is effectively the third in command in the RSS hierarchy and Vaidya is the chief spokesperson.
Namita Gokhale, a director of the Jaipur fest, could not comprehend what the uproar was about. “We have always invited people from different ideological viewpoints. There is a need to understand
