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The latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser has three-and-a-half pages devoted to the late Nanaji Deshmukh,with a box...
The mourning after
The latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser has three-and-a-half pages devoted to the late Nanaji Deshmukh,with a box,picture and introduction on page one,which says: Nanaji: the messiah of rural self reliance the saint of Chitrakoot is no more. In a full-page column titled Nanaji: some reminiscences veteran RSS ideologue P Parameswaran writes: Media calls Nanaji a social activist. But he was not one in the usually accepted sense of the term. Social activists of today generally follow the modern Western paradigm. Nanaji was radically different. He was a system builder a truly Bharateeya system,based on our cultural and spiritual values,tuned to the needs and requirements of the present situation. That is what he attempted in Gonda and successfully executed in Chitrakoot establishment of a miniature Ram Rajya. That is his real contribution. He was closer to Gandhiji and Shri Guruji (former RSS chief Guru Golwalkar) than any so-called social activists. The Hindi RSS organ Panchajanya has also prominently displayed Nanajis contributions in its latest issue and discussed his nation-building role in its editorial. It carried a full-page photo feature and two pages,discussing Nanaji Deshmukhs manifold contributions.
Bhagwats lessons
The Organiser has a full-page item on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats visit to Bhopal titled,When Hindus become strong,the nation will become stronger. The RSS organ says in the news item: The Bhopal division of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh celebrated its annual day on February 28,by organising Hindu samagam where more than 3,000 swayamsevaks and 30,000 spectators gathered to salute the saffron flag and to listen to the sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. The news item quotes Bhagwat as saying that he criticised the western theory of unity only through uniformity and said that true unity can exist in diversity and India is a living example of the same. Discussing the event,Panchajanya quotes Bhagwat criticising the US,saying that it wanted to expand its influence in the world and that to improve its own financial health,the US was trying to impose globalisation on others.
Rudderless foreign policy
The Organiser has an editorial titled The pressure is showing: the PM cannot take criticism in its latest issue. It says: A successful foreign policy requires a single source,one clear voice speaking for the country. The greatest damage to India s image has been done during the Manmohan Singh regime by the general impression,we hope we are wrong,that there are many masters handling the affairs in South Block and the final thrust comes from quite remote sources. There is a widespread feeling that India is under constant nudgings from the US to mend itself and talk with Pakistan. This is tragic enough.
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