A video of @DrMohanBhagwat ji is being widely circulated as a response to my letter is false. I dispatched my letter and put it up on social media on June 15, while this interaction by the RSS Chief was on June 13/14. Let me set the record straight. The RSS has every right to be a cultural organization. That is their choice. But it cannot simultaneously exercise enormous social and political influence while repeatedly insisting that it has no political agenda and therefore owes no public accountability. The BJP itself acknowledges the RSS as its ideological parent and their sway over public life is undeniable. The RSS receives donations through a vast ecosystem of 2500 affiliated organisations, both domestic and overseas and operates out of a sprawling headquarters in the national capital and other State capitals. The RSS chief enjoys Advanced Security Liaison protocol and other people of RSS have protocols funded by the taxpayer and the public is entitled to know whether the organisation complies with the same legal standards expected of everyone else. Formal recognition under law would settle this contradiction once and for all. The argument that a religion cannot be registered and therefore the RSS need not be registered is both flawed and absurd. The RSS cannot be considered to be representing any religion when they themselves are only 100 years in existence and no Government has asked any religion to be registered. I have no objection to the RSS carrying out cultural, social, political or any other lawful activity. It can run schools, service organisations, think tanks or even a music academy if it chooses. The only expectation is that it functions transparently and within the framework of the law, like every other organised body in this country. It is pursuant to this principle that a formal response has been requested in writing. Above all, Mr. Bhagwat's immediate assertion that the RSS is under no obligation to answer any questions is the most troubling (while he enjoys every protocol on tax payers money), It reflects a mindset that public accountability is optional and that the organisation stands above legal scrutiny. In a constitutional democracy, no institution, however old or influential, enjoys that privilege. Shun the arrogance, follow the law and have your “office bearers” or “legal heads” come and explain to me. Jai Samvidhan. Jai Hindu.

The problem with many film watchers today is that they watch a film to analyse/criticise/find mistakes & forget to actually give in to world created by the filmmaker and just.. have fun!!!

why do people like Rockstar? I never understood the hype. I genuinely want to know what stuck out in that film apart from the music.

Compromised मोदी को देश की फिक्र नहीं

Do you listen to music older than you?

fought a nutritionist today because she told my mom Idlis are a good source of protein & whey is “processed & harmful”, it’s taken me so much time & energy to get my (vegetarian) parents to eat protein consistently and miss ma’am walks in to undo everything in 2 mins. picking my battles as I grow up & this was worth it.

who’s the smartest person you’ve ever seen?