<span style='color:orange'><b>New age RSS </b></span>
Mon, Aug 4 01:20 AM
THE MORNING shakhas, the recruitment base of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), is shrinking, from 63,391 in March 1994 to 55,371 in March 2008, but the high command is not worried. They have already penetrated deep into the high profile intellectual pockets with an aura of secrecy so archetypal of their age-old functioning style.
And now colleges are high on their agenda. RSS is holding an internal meeting this month to discuss ways to improve its connect with colleges.
Senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya says: "We had reached over 2.65 lakh students through various events organised in schools and colleges during centenary celebrations held in February 2006 to February 2007. We want to further increase our reach.
" As college students are high on their radar, RSS leadership, if required, is willing to walk and talk the lingo with which the youth identifies with. Says Madan Das Devi: <b>"We are open to the use of simpler language but close to changing our thoughts.</b>"
Nagpur-based RSS ideologue Dilip Deodhar says<b>: "Every day a new organisation or front is floated somewhere in the country with the tacit support of the Sangh." </b>RSS modified its expansion strategy after an internal survey conducted in 2006 revealed that the shakhas had actually gone down despite efforts to increase them by 40 per cent.
The modus operandi is simple. Vijay Patkis, a bank official (who recently took VRS), currently conducting the month-long OTC at Resham Bagh, the RSS headquarters in Nagpur admits: "RSS lends pracharaks to the fledgling organisations till they become self sufficient.
" Deodhar seconds it by adding: "Sangh had given 151 pracharaks to VHP till it became self sufficient. Now RSS is sending pracharaks to Dharm Jagran, a parallel outfit floated by RSS to contain the VHP. The new outfit's task is to build a network of religious centres.
" As of now, there are about one lakh service projects and 50,000 RSS supported forums or fronts whose connection with RSS may not be known or visible. Besides there are the known 40 allied organisations.
"They have even started thousands of small magazines all over the country to market their ideology," says Deodhar, who is also convenor of several RSS supported forums like Futurists' club, Bank Customer's Club, Intellectual Commandos Club, Bhartiya Shareholders Club and Vyavsayak Club. There are separate forums floated for Chartered Accountants, IT techies, doctors, advocates, librarians, financial advisers, bankers, entrepreneurs, working women, affluent women, tribals et al.
Not all have a pan India image. RSS is closely interacting with economists and experts on formulation of economic document for the country.
As internal security and terrorism is also high on their agenda, they are in touch with ex-army officials. Several senior retired army officials including major general and brigadiers had attended meet in Dehradun on internal security, terrorism and Naxalism.
International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS) that aims at <b>bringing together communities that preserve and practice pre-Christianity and pre Islamic culture and religion</b> along with 18 other organisations, including 10 Muslim bodies, had recently organised a function in the remembrance of 1857 martyrs in Nagpur. Sudarshan sat with 500-odd audiences.
RSS has also redesigned its curriculum for the three-year OTC-training programme for the swayamsewaks to incorporate contemporary subjects like disaster management, globalisation, media communication, and Hindu economics and information technology.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080804/1053/...-age-rss_1.html
Mon, Aug 4 01:20 AM
THE MORNING shakhas, the recruitment base of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), is shrinking, from 63,391 in March 1994 to 55,371 in March 2008, but the high command is not worried. They have already penetrated deep into the high profile intellectual pockets with an aura of secrecy so archetypal of their age-old functioning style.
And now colleges are high on their agenda. RSS is holding an internal meeting this month to discuss ways to improve its connect with colleges.
Senior RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya says: "We had reached over 2.65 lakh students through various events organised in schools and colleges during centenary celebrations held in February 2006 to February 2007. We want to further increase our reach.
" As college students are high on their radar, RSS leadership, if required, is willing to walk and talk the lingo with which the youth identifies with. Says Madan Das Devi: <b>"We are open to the use of simpler language but close to changing our thoughts.</b>"
Nagpur-based RSS ideologue Dilip Deodhar says<b>: "Every day a new organisation or front is floated somewhere in the country with the tacit support of the Sangh." </b>RSS modified its expansion strategy after an internal survey conducted in 2006 revealed that the shakhas had actually gone down despite efforts to increase them by 40 per cent.
The modus operandi is simple. Vijay Patkis, a bank official (who recently took VRS), currently conducting the month-long OTC at Resham Bagh, the RSS headquarters in Nagpur admits: "RSS lends pracharaks to the fledgling organisations till they become self sufficient.
" Deodhar seconds it by adding: "Sangh had given 151 pracharaks to VHP till it became self sufficient. Now RSS is sending pracharaks to Dharm Jagran, a parallel outfit floated by RSS to contain the VHP. The new outfit's task is to build a network of religious centres.
" As of now, there are about one lakh service projects and 50,000 RSS supported forums or fronts whose connection with RSS may not be known or visible. Besides there are the known 40 allied organisations.
"They have even started thousands of small magazines all over the country to market their ideology," says Deodhar, who is also convenor of several RSS supported forums like Futurists' club, Bank Customer's Club, Intellectual Commandos Club, Bhartiya Shareholders Club and Vyavsayak Club. There are separate forums floated for Chartered Accountants, IT techies, doctors, advocates, librarians, financial advisers, bankers, entrepreneurs, working women, affluent women, tribals et al.
Not all have a pan India image. RSS is closely interacting with economists and experts on formulation of economic document for the country.
As internal security and terrorism is also high on their agenda, they are in touch with ex-army officials. Several senior retired army officials including major general and brigadiers had attended meet in Dehradun on internal security, terrorism and Naxalism.
International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS) that aims at <b>bringing together communities that preserve and practice pre-Christianity and pre Islamic culture and religion</b> along with 18 other organisations, including 10 Muslim bodies, had recently organised a function in the remembrance of 1857 martyrs in Nagpur. Sudarshan sat with 500-odd audiences.
RSS has also redesigned its curriculum for the three-year OTC-training programme for the swayamsewaks to incorporate contemporary subjects like disaster management, globalisation, media communication, and Hindu economics and information technology.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080804/1053/...-age-rss_1.html