Opinion: Bhagwat’s glasnost in RSS-Muslim ties is welcome, but can he rein in Modi and Adityanath? For all our legitimate criticisms about the Sangh, we must not lose hope in bridge-building. https://scroll.in/article/1000038/opinion-bhagwats-glasnost-in-rss-muslim-ties-is-welcome-but-can-he-reign-in-modi-and-adityanath Sudheendra Kulkarni Jul 13, 202
Need of the hour: Does contemporary India need “bridge-building” to facilitate a “meeting of minds” between Hindus and Muslims? The answer, obvious to all right-thinking people, is best expressed in an ancient Sanskrit saying:
Setubandhanam sarvaranjanam May bridges be built to secure welfare and happiness of all
Setubandhanam margasaadhanam May bridges be built to create new roads and blaze new trails
Setubandhanam snehakaranam May bridges be built to enhance friendship and goodwill among nations and peoples
Setubandhanam vihita-taaranam May bridges be built to salvage what is helpful to humanity and is ordained by law.
Obviously, for bridges between Hindus and Muslims to serve the above lofty purposes, they have to be built on the solid foundation of truth and sincerity, and on the pillars of mutual trust, respect and willingness to listen to the other side with an open mind. This is where we see troubling inadequacies in the approaches of both the RSS and the influential Muslim leadership in India.
RSS Ka Nazriya Sab Ki Bhalayi He https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcx4shmLIrw Jul 4, 2021
Glasnost in RSS : https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/mohan-bhagwat-rss-event-glasnost-in-rss-hindu-rashtra-muslims-5372558/ Mohan Bhagwat has shed Sangh’s traditional reticence. Challenge is to drive his message to the rank and file. Ram Madhav September 25, 2018 The first leader to bring in organisational openness was Balasaheb Deoras,, the organisation formally started reaching out to the society at large. Its three important wings — seva or service, sampark or PR and prachar or publicity ..
Bhagwat: Equality and independence — “samaan aur swatantra” — are the words he used to describe the RSS’ view on women. He even said that the RSS is ready to accept the proposition that “All religions are equal”. Many in the RSS hitherto insist that secularism should mean, “all religions deserve equal respect (sarva panth samaadar) and not, “all religions are equal” (sarva panth samabhav).
Bhagwat has disarmed most critics through his Glasnost. But driving home the new thinking within the rank and file of the organisation, requires no less than a Perestroika — restructuring. Bhagwat’s challenge lies in that.
Bhagwat ‘not protecting Hindus’ — Why Right has turned on RSS chief over Muslim DNA remarks https://theprint.in/india/bhagwat-not-protecting-hindus-why-right-has-turned-on-rss-chief-over-muslim-dna-remarks/706242/
Over the past month, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has faced flak for his remarks on the ancestry of Indians, which the Right views as an olive branch to Muslims.