Shakha to Nation: The Greatest Speeches of the RSS
Shakha to Nation: The Greatest Speeches of the RSS
Ram Madhav
- Hardcover : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 935345493X
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353454937
- Item Weight : 240 g
- Dimensions : 23 x 15 x 2.7 cm
Few organizations in India inspire as much loyalty, or provoke as much opposition, as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). From its early days in the dusty shakha grounds of Nagpur to its role in shaping the country’s political and cultural direction today, the RSS has been at the heart of India’s most charged battles over nationalism, identity and politics.
In its centenary year, Shakha to Nation brings together the RSS’s most defining speeches – profound orations by Sarsanghchalaks K.B. Hedgewar, M.S. Golwalkar, M. S. Deoras, Rajendra Singh, K.S. Sudarshan, Mohan Bhagwat to ideologues past and present – that reveal the organization’s ideological steel and its evolving vision for India. These are speeches that have inspired millions, unsettled critics and reframed the national conversation on religion and politics, social reform and tradition, unity and dissent.
Accompanied by commentary and historical context, this anthology is more than a record of speeches; rather it is a chronicle of a movement’s journey from the margins to the mainstream. Whether you see the RSS as the nation’s moral compass or its most-critiqued force, these speeches are essential to understanding how it has moved from Shakha to nation.
Few organizations in India inspire as much loyalty, or provoke as much opposition, as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). From its early days in the dusty shakha grounds of Nagpur to its role in shaping the country’s political and cultural direction today, the RSS has been at the heart of India’s most charged battles over nationalism, identity and politics.
In its centenary year, Shakha to Nation brings together the RSS’s most defining speeches – profound orations by Sarsanghchalaks K.B. Hedgewar, M.S. Golwalkar, M. S. Deoras, Rajendra Singh, K.S. Sudarshan, Mohan Bhagwat to ideologues past and present – that reveal the organization’s ideological steel and its evolving vision for India. These are speeches that have inspired millions, unsettled critics and reframed the national conversation on religion and politics, social reform and tradition, unity and dissent.
Accompanied by commentary and historical context, this anthology is more than a record of speeches; rather it is a chronicle of a movement’s journey from the margins to the mainstream. Whether you see the RSS as the nation’s moral compass or its most-critiqued force, these speeches are essential to understanding how it has moved from Shakha to nation.
Author Bios:
Ram Madhav is an Indian politician and social leader.He is currently the president of India Foundation (IF).Previously, he has served as member of the National Executive of the RSS from 2001 to 2014 and 2021 to 2024, and as National General Secretary of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. A renowned strategic thinker and author, his most recent works include The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India, Our Constitution, Our Pride,The Indian Reality, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm, among others.
As a political philosopher and geopolitical observer,Dr Madhav has been at the centre of curating many Track 1.5 and Track 2 initiatives to place the India story on a global stage.
Dnyanashri Kulkarni is a research fellow at the IF and a PhD candidate at the Jindal School of International Affairs, specializing in European Studies. She has previously served as a consultant at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), where she worked on initiatives in cultural diplomacy and global academic exchange. Dnyanashri holds a bachelor’s degree in French Literature from the University of Mumbai and is DELF-certified from Alliance Française.
Ram Madhav is an Indian politician and social leader.He is currently the president of India Foundation (IF).Previously, he has served as member of the National Executive of the RSS from 2001 to 2014 and 2021 to 2024, and as National General Secretary of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. A renowned strategic thinker and author, his most recent works include The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India, Our Constitution, Our Pride,The Indian Reality, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm, among others.
As a political philosopher and geopolitical observer,Dr Madhav has been at the centre of curating many Track 1.5 and Track 2 initiatives to place the India story on a global stage.
Dnyanashri Kulkarni is a research fellow at the IF and a PhD candidate at the Jindal School of International Affairs, specializing in European Studies. She has previously served as a consultant at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), where she worked on initiatives in cultural diplomacy and global academic exchange. Dnyanashri holds a bachelor’s degree in French Literature from the University of Mumbai and is DELF-certified from Alliance Française.
