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The Muslim question

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat unwittingly highlighted the covert chauvinism in so-called polite society, and that includes the Indian corporate sector

Best of BS Opinion: Oil on the boil, the Muslim question, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

'Old' RSS through a 'new' lens

Book review of Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy

Book Review: Islam in India - Some reality checks and balances

Ghazala Wahab spectacularly fulfills her mandate of informing non-Muslims about Islam in India and engaging Muslims in a conversation about the way forward

Working behind the scenes: BJP's lesser-known go-getters in West Bengal

Barring exceptions, the "go-to" men are rooted in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its student front, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and have since moved to the BJP organisation.

Changes in RSS top brass as Hosabale elected gen secy, Ram Madhav returns

RSS ushered in top organisational changes, electing Dattatreya Hosabale its new general secretary, appointing two joint general secretaries and also bringing BJP leader Ram Madhav back into its fold

Dattatreya Hosabale, the second Kannadiga to occupy No 2 position in RSS

With his election as theSarkaryavah (general secretary) on Saturday, Dattatreya Hosabale has become the second Kannadiga to occupy the number 2 position in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Dattatreya Hosabale elected as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Gen Secretary

Karnataka born Dattatreya Hosabale was on Saturday elected as the 'Sarkaryawah' (General Secretary) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

'Anti-national' forces not allowing farmers' protest to end, says RSS

The farmers have been staging protests for over 100 days on the borders of Delhi against the three contentious farms laws

BJP's return to its roots

After a long hiatus, the party has come full circle in West Bengal - the state it began its ascent to power with

From pracharak to CM, Trivendra Singh Rawat travelled a long way

From an obscure RSS 'pracharak' to the CM of Uttarakhand -- it has been quite a journey for Trivendra Singh Rawat who had to quit the top office on Tuesday ahead of next year's state assembly polls

Narendra Modi Stadium: Is this megalomania or insecurity?

A concern with institutionalising Modi's legacy is also reflected in his photograph being sent into outer space along with the Bhagawad Gita on India's first indigenously built Satish Dhawan satellite

Farmers' agitation against three new laws acquires an anti-BJP edge

The govt's bid to 'criminalise' farmers' dissent seems to have ended up infusing new energy into the agitation: Those who had gone back exhausted to villages have returned emotionally charged

'Pranabda' as president

Book review of The Presidential Years 2012-2017

Failed 'coup' in US: Vigilantism threatens India too

Despite claims that this could never happen in India, there are alarming similarities with political processes in motion in this country

AAP created by RSS for 'Congress Mukt Bharat': Goa Congress chief

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been created by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the agenda of a "Congress Mukt Bharat", alleged Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Girish Chodankar

Salvaging the idea of India

Aakar Patel offers a sober analysis of Hindutva ideology from a non-BJP perspective and explains why it can be countered

Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue M G Vaidya passes away

Senior ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its first spokesperson M.G. Vaidya passed away in a private hospital here on Saturday, according to official sources. He was 97.

Saving Adityanath is integral to Hindutva's future plan

The BJP-RSS combine does not believe in sacrificing its leaders on public demand with M J Akbar being the lone exception

India set an example of being social capital during Covid: Mohan Bhagwat

Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak of the RSS who inaugurated the virtual national conference of the BMS, said that India has set an example of being a social capital during the Covid-19 pandemic