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Lost Years of the RSS is a historical analysis of the events that have shaped the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its 85 years of existence. Written from an insider's perspective, this in-depth work critically analyses the major turning points in the history of RSS from the viewpoint of both a follower and an opponent, while digging deep into its socio-political history.
Beginning with the political ethnography of the RSS, the book charts the organisation's growth over time-from the Partition, the first ban, the Golwalkar and Deoras periods, the demolition of Babri Masjid, to the present, when the original principles of the Sangh have been forgotten, leading to the current decadence within the organisation.
The author concludes with suggestions for a way forward for the RSS, wherein the lessons learnt from the past can be put to use and the original values can be reinstated. At the heart of the book is the author's implicit desire to contradict the current media representations of the Sangh and portray the RSS as what it was actually meant to be.
Contents
Foreword Kumar Ketkar
Introduction
Original Design of the RSS: An Analysis
Political Ethnography of the RSS
Other Dominant Tendencies of the Golwalkar Era
Withdrawal, Return and Ascent of Deoras
The Emergency and Post-Emergency
The BJP, the Parivar and Deoras: 1980-85
Catapulting the Hindu to the Centre Stage
Road to Political Power and Its Aftermath
The Unipolar World and the RSS' Response
The Future, If Any
The New Hindutva (Violent) Forces
Epilogue: The Problem of Ideologies
Postscript: Ayodhya Judgement and Bihar Assembly Elections
Appendices
Glossary
References
Index
