Earlier this month, I found myself in Nagpur, India, invited to cover the 100th anniversary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS. My trip was sponsored by the Hudson Institute and the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, whose president is affiliated with RSS. After less than a day on the ground, still beset by jet lag, I was onstage overlooking a parade ground where thousands of men in identical uniforms — black garrison caps, short-sleeved white shirts and brown pants — marched and demonstrated martial arts and yoga before dignitaries including a former Indian president.

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