Ashok Rane

Every Republic Day, anti-RSS groups repeat the claim that RSS swayamsevaks do not respect the tricolour and question why it was not hoisted at the RSS’s Reshimbagh office. Yet, they rarely raise the same question about other religious, cultural organisations or political parties. A Muslim organisation called Tablighi Jamaat was founded in Mewat, Haryana, with its headquarters at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi. Was the tricolour ever hoisted there? Similarly, Shiv Sena’s office, Sena Bhavan, has...

Turning one reference into a grand historical narrative undermines the integrity of truth and history. For decades, certain self-proclaimed scholars and fake pandits have sought to confuse society by promoting false ideas and distorted history. During the pre-Independence period, the British, particularly Christian missionaries, laid the groundwork for these narratives. After Independence, they were carried forward by some left-leaning writers, intellectuals, BAMSCEF-linked communists, covert...

It is often claimed by selective narratives that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had no role in the Quit India Movement. However, events in Maharashtra demonstrate that many RSS volunteers, motivated by national loyalty, did participate both directly and indirectly. For years, Congress-leaning platforms and leftist historians have mainly credited Congress leaders, overlooking other revolutionaries. A notable example comes from Vaduj in the Satara district, a key centre of resistance....