Inside India's RSS, The Legion Of Hindu Ultranationalists

Source: International Business Times

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marked its 100th anniversary this month AFP Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country's millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -- the National Volunteer Organisation, or RSS -- marked its 100th anniversary this month with a grand ceremony at its headquarters in Nagpur. AFP was one of a handful of foreign media outlets granted rare access to the group, which forms the ideological and organisational backbone of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power since 2014.