Tagore warned: “Crowd psychology is a blind force. Like steam and other physical forces, it can be utilised for creating a tremendous amount of power… unreasoning pride in their own race, and hatred of others”

xThere are a few different ways to make sense of two important speeches delivered to celebrate the centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which brags that it is the world’s largest non-governmental organisation, with an unspecified number of members, subsidiaries and mass organisations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech was that of an ardent devotee to the RSS’ ideals and ideology, which from its inception was committed to nation-building, with its mantra of “Nation First”. The base of the massive structure was “the unique, simple and enduring mechanism of the daily shak

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