Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ‘shakha’ spreads its wings to 39 countries

Growing up on the outskirts of Pune, Girish Bagmar came from a family of Congress supporters.While he was fed up of UPA’s scams in 2014, he’s more inclined towards centrist politics than the right-wing BJP. Yet Bagmar, now based in Boston, sends both his sons to shakhas run by Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the overseas wing of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Many of his Indian friends in the US work for HSS and offered to take his children to the shakha. “I’ve never attended HSS shakhas. I send my children there so they can socialize with other Indian children and learn about Indian culture. Growing up in India, we learnt of our culture from our grandparents’ stories. I feel my children may be deprived of this; my mother cannot visit the US frequently,” says Bagmar. Read More…

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ‘shakha’ spreads its wings to 39 countries