Washington, DC [US], April 24 : Rashtriya Swayam Sewak, RSS, General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday, April 23, 2026, outlined India’s civilizational vision and global role while addressing a community reception organized by the Indo American Community of Greater DC in the Washington DC Metro Area.

The event, themed “India’s Global Vision & Role in the Emerging World: Civilizational
Foundations for Prospering Together,” brought together scholars and community
leaders, including Walter K Andersen (Author & Former State Dept) and Walter
Russell Mead (Hudson Institute).

The event was supported by a wide range of diaspora and community organizations, including the American Hindu Coalition, American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue (AHEAD), India Israel Coalition, Indo American Community (IAC), Indian American Diaspora Association (IADA), Overseas Friends of BJP, Rajdhani Mandir of Virginia, Sikhs of America, United Hindu Jain Temples (UHJT), SV Lotus Temple, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Americas (VHPA), US India Security Council, and Samskrita Bharati, reflecting broad-based participation from the Indian diaspora in the United States.

Addressing the community reception, Hosabale said, “Great to be here in the midst of you all and thanks are due to the Hudson Institute and also the organizers of this meet. And it’s a special honour to be sitting in the midst of these two great friends of India, and those who have tried to understand the movement of RSS and the RSS movement and its contribution. And really, it is a matter of pleasure for me to address this wonderful audience and also interact with them.”

He acknowledged the work of Andersen in interpreting the organisation’s role, stating, “I thank Dr. Andersen for his understanding of the organisation and its contribution, and also introducing the organization to a large section outside the RSS world. And what he has said is most welcome.”

Clarifying the structure of organizations associated with the RSS, he said, “In the scheme of RSS organisation network, all the organisations that he mentioned or even at the level of introduction, he said they are not wings or controlled by RSS per se. They are all RSS-inspired activities, organizations, fora. And they are in a way we can say that RSS vision in action, the RSS philosophy applied in those fields.”

He further explained, “The swayamsevaks of RSS, the volunteers of RSS, they initiated, and they started these activities in the form of organizations in various fields of national life, which Dr Andersen mentioned. And they have also attracted people those who are inclined to work in those fields. And that is why all members of those organizations may not be from the RSS background, but they have accepted the views and the philosophy of those organisations. And no doubt each one of them are inspired by the RSS philosophy and its methodology of the organization.”

On coordination among these organizations, he said, “There is a family coordination with these organisations. They are independent, their policies are independent, their working is independent, they are all having their own constitutions and rules and regulations which they follow, they have framed.”

Reflecting on contemporary global challenges, Hosabale cited what he described as the paradox of modern times, stating, “We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but we have less. We have bigger houses, but smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, but more problems, more medicines, but less wellness.”

He continued, “We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We have learned how to make a living, but not a life. We have been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour. We have conquered outer space, but not inner space. We want to clean up the air, but pollute our souls. We have split the atom, but not our prejudices. We have higher incomes, but lower morals. We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.”