Great work - this is where educated middle class Hindus can bring about the change through out the country. If only the RSS would stop hating Indian Muslims and really do something pan Indian & positive, like training Muslim professionals for running similar programs in the ghettos & villages, that would go a long way in bringing all Indians together and uniting them to make a swarna bharath. I hope against hope that some day this dream of mine would come true.

Tarunji,a very good article.I really liked the last line in your article-Collectively, arent we all working to make India a better place to live?But then, to see it, we must turn our attention from Delhis murky headline making tribe.

This very much sums up the whole story about the recent Mumbai controversy where a non-issue is being made headline to the extent that even sane people would start taking sides.I checked the atlas and my city of Ujjain is towards north of Mumbai and hence do I should also take side of so called north Indians?I dont think so even though I would condemn anyone creating divisions between people be it Raj Thakrey in Mumbai or Congress in Centre.

But,ALAS,the pseudo-Dutts and Pseudo-Roys in the media Sultante,devoid of any righteouness,ethics or pride, are busy generating hatred for the one of the most nationalistic people,as I know -Maharashtrians ,who are being made an object of hate by repeatedly agitating them on a frivilous issue which is ridiculous.To top it all ,people dividing the martyrs on the basis of region/states is even more disgraceful.

I know of many Maharashtrian friends who are par excellence be it no-nonsense attitudue,respect to others,patriotism,intellect or -you name it.Of course if passions are raised on an issue even sane people start taking sides on stupid things.Further Maharashtrians are never anti-Hindi.In fact we have many icons from Hindi literature who are Maharashtrians.Bollywood is even better contemporory example.

I think, at this time we are missing Resoluteness of Shastri,firmness of Indira and Statemanship of Vajpayee -who could take a grip of situation and cool the passions for common good.

In equal breadth I miss the Journalistic legends of Girilal Jain-who could provide a directon even if the polity unwilling/failed so.

For now, lets wait for Shri Manmohanjee Shikhandi to wake up from accidental PM syndrome and political secretary of Soniyajee to give go ahead to speak up later.

Excellent Tarun for bringing to light the devotion of such people, to humanity.
This is what the country needs.
I have a fancy of Mathematics, because my main subject thoughout was Mathematics and i would like to teach students of class iv to class ix, free of costs and looking for such an avenue, but so far not been able to understand, "How to go about it."?

With that, of course, i would like to make these students Nationalists?

Rubbish!. RSS is behind the gujarat mass killing pogrom and BABRI masjid destruction. Anti nationalists all of them. Responsible for killing Gandhiji.
Shame on you tarun vijay.

I know my comments will not be published by toi

Hello Tarun,

I always enjoy reading your blog about Hindus and most of the time agree also that Hindus are hostage in their own land.

But I'm surprised that why you haven't written a single article on the stupid and idiotic propaganda of Marathi Manoos by MNS and SS. Isn't that divisive and threatens the very existence of our country. This is such a serious issue and we all watch those buffoons like spineless creatures speaking rubbish everytime . Why don't you highlight this point? Do you think Sachin, Aamir Khan, Rahul, SRK are wrong?

An excellent article, I wonder why our great media is not interested in such news.

Tarunji

You can give all the Padma awards to all your RSS people when your BJP Govt ever comes in power. Till then accept current situation. There are non RSS workers who are doing yeoman service, they too should be awarded, why single out RSS guys, whose hopeless cause you champion endlessly. As one writer has written, why don't you write about the buffoonery being provided by Udhav and Raj Thackerays. Are you afraid of them??????

Just Awesome, Brilliantly presented. You hit a home run again.
Lets see what Tarun basher's have to say this time, or would they be speechless.
Keep Writing and Inspiring Tarun. Your writing is always so enlightening.

Agree with Mr. Gupta. This is what the country needs and such articles is what media should publish. Mr. Vijay, no offense but are you a journalist? I ask so, because you are reporting NEWS and not what people want to enjoy. Rest (most) of your fraternity is caught up in the TRP race... i wonder how they allowed you to publish such article which has no meaning and 0.00% TRP potential. Sarcasm apart, but its refreshing to read about these heroes, real Heroes if you will!

RSS is the most misunderstood organization in India and Media is also responsible for it. Thanks Mr. Tarun.we need to bring this kind of social work done by RSS in limelight.

My deepest desire is that like-minded people start a unbiased English media platform (both press and television) in our country to take it ahead. I suppose the "third front" in media will sooner or later, emerge. The English media in India today which has somehow come to be hijacked by what seems to be a lunatic fringe of government stooges cannot continue fooling the Indian public (or even outside of India) for too long. The only way to step up the pressure on governments (whatever party) is to have a no-nonsense vibrant civil society. Jai Hind.

Once again Tarunji has come up with an eye opening and behind the scene efforts by the socialists and nationalists of the motherland. But from time to time the so called Se(i)cular outfits have blamed and maligned their images by media or other means. This write up has shown that how the people loves the country and the human beings to do the needful for a layman. RSS has always been active in such efforts throgh education, yoga, medical awareness and many issues existing in the country to be solved but the congress govt always failed to do so....which is visible currently as far as inflation and the market situation is showing.

thanks tarun ji for such a great article .
we need such articles to show people the truth.. to show how biased is psuedosecular media..

thanks tarun ji for such a great article .
we need such articles to show people the truth.. to show how biased is psuedosecular media..

fantastic work by the RSS..which is under constant attack by the abhorrent indian media..

fantastic work by the RSS..which is under constant attack by the abhorrent indian media..

Indian government needs to recognize the good work of these organizations- but if they do not, your paper is doing a good job of getting them public recognition. Keep up the good work

n thts the spirit..

THis is a country that once awarded Bharat Ratna to a south african who had nothing to do with Bharat.Thus every govt award in this country today is a farce.Just last year we had a case of a Padma award given to an unknown Kashmiri for art,and then he turned out to be a carpet trader.I think it not befitting these true nationalists to long for such worthless award.On the contrary they must turn down these awards if ever it is offered to them.The first recepients of all awards in this country will invariably be a Nehru family member.

At a time when news channels and news papers are filled with hate, violence and divisive politics, THIS article gives some hope that there are still good people in India. Thanks, Tarun Ji.

Jai Hind.

Wonderful article tarun ji, And Kudos to TOI for publishing it on Internet atleast i am not sure if they would publish it in Print media.

ALL the above people deserve national awards but in india party affiliastion is so narrowminded that they will never make things go.india is so casteist that things are goind bad to worse and may be fatal to the soceity.

Amit, I think you didn't get what Tarun tries to convey here. He is subtly telling while there are "spineless creatures" spreading hatred and violence, we still have these wonderful people who are working for the betterment of society. Ironically, they are not getting noticed :-)

RSS is a good organisation. Many people (including the media) are unaware about it. I'm not sure I follow why they have let it be so (if it's intentional). But if not, then I would be very pleased if they could do something about it. If there is something bad about it- well every thing has to be maintained - same with RSS - they have to maintain their ethics and culture and not get corrupted. best wishes for that.

Excellent blog Tarun.Problem within India is uneducation,not only amongst the illiterate and poor but amongst the educated and well-off! "padhe likhe jaahil" is apt.We unfortunately go by what the papers tell or what leaders profess and rarely have a moment to find out the truth. I was shocked to read that Chinas literacy rate has gone upto 90% and we are still at 65%.Indias enemies are not outside but within, and to fight them, every citizen has to take initiative.Handful of politicians and men wanting good for the country wont do. The "Janta" has to speak and act,thats when it will all happen.Our enemies are still taking advantage of our disunity, the same tool the Brits used 200years back.Doesnt that say something about us? Are we the ones who never learn? Are we pacifists(read as cowards)?Cant we take care of our own country? Are our soldiers not good enough? Are we sissies?

Well Done Tarun Ji for showing the true picture. People who call the RSS as a Fascist Org. should bite their words now.

RSS has always been a boon to the INDIAN society not a curse, as projected by our Media and Pseudoseculars.

VANDE MATERAM, Tarunji,Delhi will only praise the likes of saif khans, but you have shown us the real BHARAT BHUSANS,we salute them and you.

Welldone Tarun ji , .All work done to serve Indians is appreciated. But today India needs a strong NATIONALISTIC MINDSET necessary to improve our present working system and goverenance level.You and your great institution today are really God blessed to be in a position to help generate such an emotional NATIONALISTIC MINDSET enmasse ,the way we have developed religious mindset, by PRACTISING NATIONALISM in our day today life,i.e.openly showing and propagating love, respect, ownership and pride for INDIA on all possible occasions and places.Please take up this opportunity and challenge ,the History has offered to you today.Jai Bharat...Rashtra Bhavna, Hyderabad

Dear Tarunji,
What a good description of Indian nature of sacrifice. But it does not end here. We are known for our liberal attitude all over the world. VASUDHEV KUTUMBHKUM. But this attitude has been misused by people from far off lands. As a result millions of our Hindu brothers were converted in to Islam and Christianity
I was educated in a mission school in Shillong in the sixties where 80% of students were from tribal belts of what was known as Assam in those times. The father and his agents would bring tribal students from Upper Assam and far flung areas of Khasi and Jantia Hills only to convert into Christianity. Most of my friends who came as Hindus were quietly converted into Christianity.
The only mission which worked as a deterrent to the Christianity was the Ramakrishna Mission at Cheerapunji. These people ran a charity hospital in the town of Cheerapunji and helped the poor Khasi people without any ulterior motive of conversion.
This land of Hindustan is full of people TYAGIS, unfortunately the political leadership of India has killed that nationalistic and sacrificing nature of our people. Whatever is left is a gift of organizations like RSS.
I work as a free lancer and give lectures on Indian heritage and its pristine glory to the young generation so that they understand the richness of its culture, literature and society. One has yet to find such a land under the sun. If at all there is one it is looted from Indian culture
During the earth quake of Gujrat most of the orphans adopted by organizations other than Hindus were ultimately converted into Islam or into religion of the adopted organization. These organizations other than Hindus always help at a price of conversion. FOR THEM SERVICE TO MAN IS SERVICE IS CHRISTIANITY OR ISLAM.
WE CAN MAKE INDIA A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE ONLY IF OUR MUSLIM BORHTERS SHUN VIOLANCE AND STOP GIVING SHELTERS TO TERRORISTS.

Please be aware of the following facts about the patriotic organization which the sickular media would have never told you about :

1. It was a group of organizations led by RSS which drove out (literally) the Portuguese rulers from Dadra and Nagar Haveli in July 1954 and integrated it with India.

2. It was RSS which was at the forefront of Liberation of Goa from Portuguese rule. In 1955, RSS leaders demanded the end of Portuguese rule in Goa and its integration into India. When Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru refused to obtain it by armed intervention, RSS leader Jagannath Rao Joshi led the satyagraha agitation straight into Goa itself. He was imprisoned with his followers by the Portuguese police. The peaceful protests continued but met with severe repressions. On 15 August 1955, the Portuguese police opened fire on the satyagrahis, killing thirty people.

3. RSS has been very actively assisting Indian government and Army during every war that India has fought. In fact Pandit Nehru was so impressed with the work of RSS during Sino-Indian war that Nehru invited RSS to march in the Republic Day Parade in 1963. 3000 RSS cadre , in their full RSS uniform marched proudly along side Indian Army.

4. Most Gandhians themselves have nice words to say about the RSS. Noted Gandhian and recipient of the highest civilian award in India, Bharat Ratna, Dr. Bhagwan Das commended the role of the "high-spirited and self-sacrificing boys" of the RSS in protecting the newly formed Republic of India, from a planned coup to topple the Jawaharlal Nehru Administration in Delhi.

Tarunji, thanks for highlighting the great work by fellow countrymen.

Awais ... Can you please go to your brothers across the border then India will be a better place. RSS was banned by whom none other than Nehru..Irony is This is the man who was at the helm when two neighboring countries took parts of India.Just like numerous time i posted Hindus are the enemies of Hindus and that is why this country is being invaded, vandalized time and again.
Akbar when sealed off Chittorgarh and asked Maharana Pratap to surrender. He refused then in fit of anger he ordered killing of Children, Women, Men without mercy and in a day 30000 were butchered. The same opportunity came to Maharana Pratp in subsequent battle (Couple of hundred women , children) but he let them all live . By seeing this generosity one of the Patahn commanders refused to fight against Maharana. But Do you see any movie , picture abt this great man no, but we have Mughall-e-azam , Jodha Akbar like . Aurangazeb , Allauddin Khilji were fanatics and destroyed thousands of temples , killed or converted millions of Hindus still . Whenever Shivaji , Guru Govind Singh confronted Aurangazeb it tis the Hindus who betrayed them otherwise Aurangazeb would have been decimated. So Hindus learn to be unite . Forget caste system . make india aGreat country.

Why is media so biased against RSS? All they need is sensationalisation to get TRPs and money. They will write anything slightly negative about RSS and pro-hindu organisations even if they are microscopic but won't write anything about the good deeds done by them. Something is fundamentally wrong with the media and secularists.
Until we hindus shun casteism and come together as one this will not stop.

Kudos to RSS guys who work selflessly for to upliftment of the poors!

Kudos to RSS guys who work selflessly for to upliftment of the poors!

There is something missing from your blog, Mr. Blogger. The missing part is as under:

"RSS has taken on Shiv Sena and MNS who are bent on dividing India on regional basis and trying to balkanise the country. It is really good that both RSS and BJP have called a spade a spade and have stated that regionalism would never be tolerated and Mumbai belongs to all Indians. Great thinking on the part of RSS who have promised to provide safety to North Indians in Mumbai." Please add this to your post.

I have been associated with RSS from my childhood. My generally liberal thinking is because of RSS influence. They never taught me hate against muslims. In fact I introduced some muslims also to RSS. They were all happy. I used to have debate at my home for going to some harijan's house and having a cup of tea with them while discussing with them about eudcation and hygeine issues. It is an organization that enlightens the people and at the same time improves the physical strength. They taught me to use swords and sticks but only for self defence and not to attack others. I have been to some of these centers and found them to be of immense help. There could be few black sheep even in RSS but organization discourages such people. Nobody in RSS ever thought of prizes and rewards. Imagine that there is no governmental support to RSS but still it is able to manage its finances. It is one of the most disciplined organization. One of the most difficult task is to be a pracharak of RSS. It is pracharaks like Atal Bihari and Narendra Modi who have shown the light to modern India. These people have worked selflessly and tirelessly. Let us applaud the work that RSS has done and hope that it continues doing it.

Kudos to you. Any national calamity, cyclones, earthquake,etc. you'll always find the RSS volunteers in the forefront. The secular Babus and Netas do Helicopter tours and take their own sweet time. Whatever you may want to question the RSS about, one cannot even doubt their Desha Bakthi. I am not a member of the RSS or any political party.
I had a wonderful History teacher that many RSS people know as "Hundred-ji". He inculcated that patriotism in me. And I have friends from all walks of life and all castes and religions. Thank God for these NGOs who are doing great work, may their numbers increase.

RSS means "ready for selfless service". RSS is pro-india and pro-hindu. It is definitely not anti-muslim or anti-christian. There has been a venomous propaganda by the pseudo-secular media to tarnish the good name of the RSS. RSS is patriotic and nationalistic organization like the NCC and the NSS.

Thank god there are somr institutions which is still not corrupted and RSS shines as a lodestar there... let the english media laugh off the khadi knickers and belittle the tremendous work they do in education field .... but god please let the syamsevaks the strength to carry on the selfless work... Jai Hind... thanks Tarunji

Seva activities listed include seva work by many Swayam sevaks associated with RSS or affiliated organizations. Also we Swayam sevaks are not doing this for Padma awards but for our Samaaj. We swayam sevaks do not differentiate people between religions, if any muslim wants blood, please approach Rastrothana blood bank who will serve you.
Missionary service activities are aimed at conversion. Sangh seva activity are selfless, media please do a research on this. Vanvasi Kalyan, Seva Bharathi and Ekal vidyalaya are the prominent seva organizations. These organizations spend minimal for staff or organization infrastructure, check their work at ground level.
To finally summarize this, a Swayam Sevak asked 2nd Sarsangh chalak guru ji of RSS on how much must we seva for society, his reply was do as amuch as you can until it starts pinching you.

The article was good except that it was all eyes on RSS . There are many other organisations that do similar good works. Its the author's narrow political agenda that blinds him to one particular organisation. And shame to all these educated bums who fail to see this and comment/eulogise his articles.what different is tarun from a missionary writer who praise only their works and look down upon others! Tarun is the bal thackeray of rss.as i have said earlier and i confirm again he is a one track bjp supporter and no nationalist as some of the commentators see him. Jai Hind!

A good article by Mr. Tarun Vijay which perhaps may help dispel the misgivings against the RSS amongst the people who have been brain-washed by the demonizing propaganda against them over the past 62 years after independence. Contrary to what is being propagated, the RSS has always stood for Akhand Bharat(unified India), not through separation, marginalization or elimination of others, but through assimilation of all Indians irrespective of caste, religion, language or region. In this respect, even the VHP which is alleged of hardcore Hindutwa is involved in several selfless social service activities, a small list of which is given below.

VHP’s 1 Teacher Schools (Ekal Vidyalaya) number up to 26, 880 & they cover 7,72,065 students of which around 6 Lakhs students are from Tribal areas. This is the largest Hindu Missionary work in India & perhaps even the world by a single organization. What’s more, wherever there is a Ekal Vidyalaya, there is Village Development Unit under which a Medical Centre is run, making the Medical Centres also to 26,880.
VHP has other Educational Projects: 569 Primary schools covering 59,300 students, 156 Secondary schools covering 12,750 students, 53 Sr Secondary schools covering 2120 students. Then there are 15 Residential schools, many Night schools, 104 Hostels including 44 Orphanages. All these cover over 75,000 poor & needy children who are given standard quality Education & many other facilities of life. (From one of such Tribal schools, last year Board result was 100% & the highest score a student has got was 93%) VHP has Health Projects: 34 Hospitals, 99 Dispensaries, 19 Mobile Dispensaries, 28 Ambulances, 192 First Aid Centres, 4 Medicine Collection Centres. TOTAL PATIENTS COVERED UNDER THESE ARE ANUALLY 2,80,000 min. There is much more that the VHP is doing in the service of the society.

An awesome article, I always used to wonder why nobody writes about these unsung heroes who silently sacrifice their own time, desires and work for the upliftment of society and not for any awards or recognition. This article is definitely dedicated to lakhs of such self-less volunteers. Kudos to Tarunji for bringing out such facts, honestly a very nice article after a long time..about the real heroes in our daily lives, it is very inspiring

Tarun Vijay wrote"exuding fragrance of one India, one people and one spirit to serve without any discrimination on religious or caste or parochial lines.": this is a far cry from your usual diatribe against minority groups in India. Stick at it Vijay you might make a good Indian yet.

In the rush to please TV Anchors/Film stars our Govt sorry secular Govt forgets true performers. Thsi is our India

Hey dat was great...... somewhere rss is working to build india ,which media dont want to see as usual they are always intersted in all negatives if any of RSS and will portray what they think will suit their interests like sardesais... and dutts.....
alas they cant stop truth as it will always prevail over wrong....
great work Mr Tarun

Silent waters flow deep. That is why these people never make headlines. For years I have been watching that the annual lists of Padma awardees often include individuals with mediocre caliber who have been pushed into limelight by media or contacts over and above their more deserving peers. I am sure that these social workers did not come to grab awards but to give of themselves. They can be best celebrated through such articles. The awareness of their noble service spreads to us through journalists like Tarun. My gratitude to him for doing it. These articles also inspire others to follow in their foot steps. The best way to love India is to love its people, the downtrodden, the underclasses, the deprived and the poor irrespective of their caste, religion, language or denomination. Let us chip in our contribution, silently and without seeking any attention.

reading from America, as an Indian it was absolutely uplifting, inspiring.... & simply fabulous! Thanks for sharing.... & I have always believed that it is the "ever optimistic resilient nature of the regular Indians" that has carried our great nation so far & continues to do so! Go India, Go Indians!!

Kudos to Tarun Vijay and Times of India for writing/publishing such an informative article about social works being done in our country.

To make our country a developed nation in true sense, we need the changes at social level as it's the society that characterizes a nation.

We are lucky to have organizations like RSS and its devoted workers who are determined to contribute towards society with a selfless zeal.

Thanks to Times of India that showed the courage of publishing an unbiased article in the era of TRP hungry media that always seek some sensational incidents to malign a cultural organization.