RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale addressed a community reception in Washington DC, outlining India's civilisational vision and global role. He clarified that organisations associated with RSS are independent and inspired by its philosophy. Hosabale highlighted the paradox of modern times, where material progress has not matched inner well-being. He emphasised India's historical experience of coexistence and the vision of the world as one family.
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale highlights India's civilisational vision, global role, and the need for a self-confident, prosperous, harmonious society.
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Thursday outlined India's civilisational vision and global role while addressing a community reception organised 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 Anderson (Author & Former State Dept) and Walter Russell Mead (Hudson Institute).
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 organisers 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 Anderson in interpreting the organisation's role, stating, "I thank Dr Anderson for his understanding of the organisation and its contribution, and also introducing the organisation to a large section outside the RSS world. And what he has said is most welcome."
Clarifying the structure of organisations 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, organisations, 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 organisations in various fields of national life, which Dr Anderson mentioned. And they have also attracted people those who are inclined to work in those fields. And that is why all members of those organisations 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 organisation."
On coordination among these organisations, 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."