The single-minded parivar

The author has provided well-documented details of RSS and its style of working, but he fails to evaluate the RSS on the basis of the facts mentioned in his own study

The RSS: Icons of the Indian Right
 

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
 

Tranquebar, Rs 799, 432 pages

The author has presented a well-documented history of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) built around the life story and ideological and organisational contributions of its four founders — K B Hedgewar, V P Savarkar, M S Golwalkar and Balasahab Deoras — and other foot soldiers from Deendayal Upadhyaya to Bal Thackerey. The 11 chapters of this book provide minute details about the evolution of this unique formation that was firmly devoted to the consolidation of Hindu identity. 

All the four founding fathers were focused on strengthening