Picture two rivers carving through India’s heartland — Dr BR Ambedkar’s fierce torrent of justice and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) steady stream of unity. Ambedkar, an intrepid and unconventional nationalist, roared against the decayed caste system, his words echoing and piercing across generations. Then there’s the RSS, which emerged from Nagpur’s nurturing cradle in 1925 and patiently sewed together a vibrant patchwork of Hindu kinship. For decades, people reckoned these two couldn’t share a meal — one toppling ancient stones, the other laying bricks for a collective hearth. But alongside him strides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and with one soul-stirring journey, he’s lit a quiet lantern, blending Ambedkar’s azure dreams with the RSS’s saffron glow. This, dear readers, is the ever-growing and adapting New India.

PM Modi ambled into Deekshabhoomi, where Dr Ambedkar stepped into Buddhism’s fold in 1956, a bold leap toward dignity beyond caste’s jagged grip. Then, he paid homage at RSS founder KB Hedgewar’s resting place. They’ve seemed like fire and water before — one breaking chains with a vengeance, the other binding hearts with care. But squint through the haze, and there’s Modi’s wizardry: a vision where these two don’t tussle but sit shoulder-to-shoulder, trading tales over steaming tea, hands linked, not dangling in some awkward standoff. The visuals, I tell you, have been etched in the history where Modi threaded Ambedkar’s........

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