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100 _aSanjeev Kelkar
245 _aLost years of the RSS
_c/Sanjeev Kelkar
260 _aNew Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.
_b: SAGE Publications
_c, 2011.
300 _axxxvi, 354 pages
_c;20 cm.
365 _b00
505 _aOriginal 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.
520 _a 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.
700 _aSanjeev Kelkar
942 _cBOOK