RSS@100: Bhagwat’s Global Pitch to Recast the Sangh’s Role

Former President Ram Nath Kovind and RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat with others on stage during Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Vijayadashami Utsav 2025 in Nagpur

Source : PTI

As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) enters its centenary year this Vijayadashami, its annual address signalled more than ritual reflection. It was a moment of recalibration—an attempt to cast the Sangh not only as a domestic force but as a moral compass for a fractured world. Founded in 1925, the RSS has long thrived on its quiet discipline: the daily shakhas that build character, camaraderie, and a sense of collective purpose. For much of its history, its rhetoric was