{"id":319781,"date":"2020-02-09T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T07:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=319781"},"modified":"2020-02-09T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T07:29:10","slug":"pm-modi-condoles-death-of-rss-veteran-parameswaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-condoles-death-of-rss-veteran-parameswaran\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi condoles death of RSS veteran Parameswaran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319783 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi.jpg 595w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-534x462.jpg 534w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/02\/modi-484x420.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) veteran P Parameswaran, describing him as a towering intellectual who nurtured institutions of eminence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said he was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata who devoted his life to India&#8217;s cultural awakening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShri P Parameswaran was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata. His was a life devoted to India\u2019s cultural awakening, spiritual regeneration and serving the poorest of the poor. Parameswaran Ji\u2019s thoughts were prolific and his writings were outstanding. He was indomitable!\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAn institution builder, Parameswaran Ji nurtured eminent institutions such as the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram, Vivekananda Kendra and others. I am fortunate to have interacted with him many times. He was a towering intellectual. Anguished by his demise. Om Shanti,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Parameswaran, one of the senior-most &#8216;pracharaks&#8217; of RSS and former leader of the erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh passed away on Sunday. He was 91.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) veteran P Parameswaran, describing him as a towering intellectual who nurtured institutions of eminence. Modi said he was a proud and dedicated son of Bharat Mata who devoted his life to India&#8217;s cultural awakening. \u201cShri P Parameswaran was a proud and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":319783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,12545],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319785,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319781\/revisions\/319785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/319783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}