WHERE COORDINATION IS THE CRUX

MANY PEOPLE ASK HOW RSS COORDINATES WITH ITS DIFFERENT ORGANISATION? THE FACT IS THAT RSS DOESN'T JUST BUILD IQ, IT BUILDS EQ AND SQ - EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT AND SOCIAL QUOTIENT. THUS, NONE OF ITS ALLIED ORGANISATIONS SPLIT

- RATAN SHARDA

A small organisation that began in an open ground with around 14-15 teenage boys brought together by a former revolutionary and political leader has blossomed today into a giant banyan tree with so many branches and roots that it is difficult to distinguish between the main trunk and various branches that have struck roots on their own and many that have grown independently under its benign shadow.

It reminds me of the legendary giant banyan tree in Kolkata described thus in a Times of India report-"Estimated to be more than 250 years old, the Great Banyan is occupies an area of 4.67 acres! [...] We all know how banyan trees extend their aerial roots, and they spread and cover a very large area. But is it possible without the main trunk? Looks like it is. The Great Banyan lost its original trunk to disease after being struck by two massive cyclones, and so in 1925, its original trunk had to be removed in order to stop the spread of the disease. That didn't stop the tree from growing, and grew it did! A total of 3772 aerial roots to be precise!"

FROM SHAKHA TO MASS ORGANISATION

This is the closest one can get to understand the vast expanse of RSS through its various allied organisations working in almost every field of social and national life. There are 36 national level organisations inspired by RSS philosophy beginning with Rashtra Sevika Samiti (RSS of women in 1932), Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP in 1948), followed by Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram (in 1951) to Bharatiya Janata Party (1951), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (1955) and Vishva Hindu Parishad (1964) - all mass based giant organisations to the youngest Saksham (2008 - working with the divyang or differently abled people) working in a niche area; people inspired by RSS philosophy are working to the best of their abilities with full dedication.