South Asia Citizens Web

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is the major organization influencing the politics and other aspects of our society from last nearly three decades. As such it has the agenda of Hindu Rasthra, and it politics is called Hindutva, which is the politics based on elite, Brahminical Hindu values.

Labour experts and veteran trade union leaders describe the lack of unionisation as the singular factor responsible for poor work conditions, and believe that without organising and exercising the right to collective bargaining, labour will remain vulnerable.

Founded in 1925, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, runs scout camps and charities. A profile of the paramilitary group which draws comparisons to Europe’s far-right.

short video recordings [in English and Hindi] of talks by Historian Aditya Mukherjee on the RSS and right-wing manipulation of minds through history textbooks and propaganda in India. These videos were released just before the 2019 national elections in India.

Members of India’s scientific community are worried about what they view as a two-pronged assault on science under the Narendra Modi government, marked by efforts to prop up mythology as science and push policies and funds toward regressive turns. Several senior scientists said their concerns relate not just to “ridiculous statements” from persons in responsible positions, including Union ministers, but also directions in which some academic and scientific institutions have been nudged over the past five years.