The world’s largest voluntary organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has turned 100 on Vijayadashami. On its centenary, RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat spelled out both its learnings as well as its vision while addressing the swayamsevaks and a host of dignitaries at Nagpur

RSS is the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is currently the ruling party in world’s largest democracy for the third consecutive term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself was a Pracharak (full-time worker) of the RSS. He has always taken pride for being an RSS Swayamsevak.

The RSS is a unique experiment whose core principle is “selfless service" to the society. Even the fiercest critics of the RSS are also compelled to accept that the spirit of RSS volunteers when it comes to serving the society is unmatched. Of late there have been some foreign delegations which visited and met the RSS functionaries and showed a keen interest in replicating the “RSS Model" in their respective countries.

Every year the Sarsanghchalak’s Vijaydashami address is seen as a guiding framework for the RSS volunteers as well as more than three dozen organisations inspired by the RSS. This year Bhagwat’s speech was even more eagerly awaited not only in India but outside India also as RSS has reached a milestone completing its centenary.

Bhagwat shared the 100 years of learnings of the RSS and indicated about its future vision also. Here are some key takeaways about Sangh’s learnings and its vision.

First, while Bharat’s resurgence is gaining........

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