Original design of the RSS : an analysis --
Political ethnography of the RSS --
Dominant tendencies of the Golwalkar era --
Withdrawal, return and ascent of Deoras --
The emergency and post-emergency --
The BJP, the Parivar and Deoras : 1980-85 --
Catapulting the Hindu to the centre stage --
Road to political power and its aftermath --
The unipolar world and the RSS' response --
The future, if any --
The new Hindutva (violent) forces.

This is a historical analysis of the events that have shaped the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its 85 years of existence. Written from an insider's perspective, this in-depth work critically analyses the major turning points in the history of RSS from the viewpoint of both a follower and an opponent.