Leadership..

Fundamentally i strongly oppose the RSS and its ideologies .Reason could be their hinduvutuva fundamentalism and attitude towards the other sections of the people in the society. in read in the history, one of the agenda for the birth of RSS , is to serve the poor peoples, protect the lower sections of the hindu religion.

its daily routie for me to watch the RSS Saga in the begur school ground in the morning hours. the tune of perfomence from the School kids and with the people with mixed age group ... would be like a orchestra mentor ship , but their kakhi trousers wont be suit today's modern day uniform's...

Recently read the "Story of Vivekananda Rock" in a tamil magazine....



indian government decided to celebrate the Vivekananda100 th year proceedings during the year 1963-64..Vivekananda is not only a hindu saint but also a national symbol..its very hard to find unknown person about him in the indian

this celebration was a extra bonaza for the kanyakumari peoples, reason Vivekananda attained his moksha in kanyakumari. for the 3 days on some year during dec 25,26,27 he practiced mediation in a rock in kanyakumar coastal bay.,

indian government decided to construct a Memorial in that rock , who will oppose that??
yes, problems raised in different forms..

the local christian fishermen strongly opposed this and they claimed as this rock where St Xavier gave his first speech in india...during the night time they erected a Cross idol in the rock. problem started.. the support from the Kerala Christian organisations +... south indian church openly issued statment against the construction of the Rock Memorial.


the tamilnadu government then government CM ordered to stop the construction work and declared the rock as a dispute area..the few RSS persons on the team formed to construct the mandap took this issue to RSS high command..we have to construct the Rock Memorial..christian's not allowing us to do..CM is not co operating..some how we have to !!

the then leader of RSS Kolvakkar decided to send Eknath Ranade to solve this issue...Eknath does not know anything about tamilnadu, the religion bias of kanyakumari district , he is from maharasatra

Ranande took his time, he read all the documents related to the issue..only two persons were strongly against the construction..1. tamilnadu CM Baktha Vatsalam 2 Hiymayun Kabir , then central cabinet minister.

Ranade first visited to Calcutta..met all the news paper owner..he said only few words..we are planning for the construction for the Proud of Bengal the great Vivekananda..but your state MP and central cabinet minister Hiymayun is not allowing us to do so.. it may be crook way but worked.

Bengali news papers branded the minster as a traitor,the minster got scared and took u turn..

Jyoti Basu seems to have been the main opposer of this move. Ranade went to Calcutta and met Jyoti Basu and requested him to be the Vice-President of the Memorial Committee. In the initial stage of the talk, Jyoti Basu was almost rude and told Ranade that he has come to a wrong Jyoti Basu. 'Somebody has misled you to my residence. The memorial for Vivekananda cannot come closer to me at any cost

Hence Basu firmly refused to accept the proposal. Ranade did not budge and told Basu that he will come next week and in the meantime Basu may take a favorable decision. As promised, Ranade came to Basu after a week and asked for his reply. Basu said , 'I have consulted my Communist friends and all of them felt it is a useless project.' Ranade asked if he can put in a word to his wife Kamala Basu. 'She is independent and you can talk to her directly'. Ranade met her also and she helped in collecting just Rs. 1,000.

next, tamilnadu CM...he is responsible for the state law and order..if there any religion violence he is one responsible. Ranade met LalBahadur Shastri demanded for the Congress party help..

next he started seeking support from the parliament members ..next expansion of the construction committe. he pulled the atheist DMK founder Annadurai, Communist Jyothi basu, Congress men in to the construction committee.

Then Ranade went to Nagaland and met the Chief Minister Sema. His reply was shocking to Ranade. People in Nagaland do not know who Vivekananda was. 'Even I do not know anything about him. How can I give you funds for a cause of which we have no knowledge at all.' Ranade gave some books on Vivekananda to the Chief Minister. Ultimately he gave a paltry sum of Rs. 15,000. More than this small amount what depressed Ranade was the ignorance of people of Nagaland towards a great son of Ind

its great effort from his to showcase the vivekanda as a national symbol rather than a hindu saint. ...it worked well..finally he was able to construct a big mantap on the disputed site without having any problem...by winning the hears of the people . this is an example of leadership of RSS in the past..

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today the only the names changed...
instead of rock there is an mosque..Advani in the place of Ranade..:(