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his latest volume from times. And with that he has ex- half the population of India is with a very apt and hitting
A.G. Noorani can be posed the RSS and its strategies at or below poverty line and comment made by Dr B. R.
termed a masterpiece and double or triple speak. is denied even the most basic Ambedkar – I quote him from
as he has completely After reading this volume, rights and amenities. Instead this volume – “If Hindu Raj does
Tand absolutely un- you would well grasp what of working towards providing become a fact, it will , no doubt,
masked the RSS, with all dangers lie ahead; now with these rights and amenities to be the greatest calamity for this
possible facts and documental the RSS in direct control of the tribals and the Dalits, the country…Hindu Raj must be
backgrounders. In fact, I would governance of this country. focus has been shifted to the prevented at any cost.”
say it’s a must read for all those To quote N oorani, “This book irrelevant question of the right And there is this particular
of us who are apprehensive shows that the RSS is much to convert. The hype surround- quote of Pandit Jawharlal Neh-
with the latest round of eerie more than a threat to com- ing the issue of which Indians ru on its back cover flap - “ It
build-ups hitting the country, munal amity. It poses a wider are indigenous and which are would appear that the declared
what, with the Right – Wing challenge. It is a threat to demo- foreign, basing this identity on objectives( of the RSS) have
Modi -led government to be rul- cratic governance and, even the false premise of whether little to do with the real ones
ing the country, once again. worse, a menace to India, the they follow a religion which and with the activities carried
In fact, this volume carries India which the nation strove to indigenous to the subcontinent on in various forms and ways by
extremely vital facts to the po- establish. It poses a threat to its or is west Asian in origin, people associated with the RSS.
litical layers and the long term values. In the last few years In- has led to the most inhuman These real objectives appear to
strategies and plans and master dia has been battling for its very and unethical behaviour on be completely opposed to the
plans of the Right Wing , which soul.” To quote Noorani still the part of groups claiming
will be ruining the very fabric further – “The intensification of to defend Hinduism and is “ It would
of our country. To quote from Hindutva has acted, as intended directed towards those labelled
it – “India is battling for its very by its followers, to divert atten- as Muslims and Christians.” appear that
soul …The Rashtriya Swayam- tion from the fact that almost In fact, this volume starts the declared
sevak Sangh ( RSS)is the most
powerful organization in India objectives( of
today; complete with a private UN- MASKING the RSS) have
army of its own, unquestion-
ably obeying its leader who THE RSS little to do with
functions on fascist lines on the the real ones
Fuehrer principle…The RSS is at
war with India’s past. It belittles and with the
three of the greatest builders of “The intensification of Hindutva has acted to activities carried
the Indian State- Ashoka, the divert attention from the fact that almost half
Buddhist; Akbar; the Muslim ; the population of India is at or below poverty on in various
and Nehru, a civilized Enlight- forms and ways
ened Hindu. It would wipe out line and is denied even the most basic rights
centuries of achievement for and amenities. writes HUMRA QURAISHI by people
which the world has acclaimed
India and replace that with its associated with
own narrow, divisive ideology.” the RSS.”
In this volume, Noorani has
traced out the entire history of
the RSS, right from its forma- decisions of the Indian Parlia-
tion in 1925, to this present ment and the provisions of the
proposed Constitution of India.
The activities according to our
‘THE RSS -A information, are antinational
MENACE TO and often subversive and vio-
INDIA’ lent.” This is what Prime Minis-
BY: A.G. NOORANI ter Jawaharlal Nehru conveyed
547 PP; 1,500
to RSS chief, M.S. Golwalkar, 10
November 1948.
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