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RSS and Intellectual Kshatriyataa: Hand not in Glove

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RSS and Intellectual Kshatriyataa: Hand not in Glove This article is partly in response to the article that I read captioned “The Indic Intellectual’s RSS Angst”* sometime in August last year and partly my own calling in the light of my own experience during my 10 years journey with HSS in Canada. *(https://medium.com/@DharmaU/the-indic-intellectuals-rss-angst-cad394637de5) सत्यं   ब्रूयात्   प्रियं   ब्रूयात्   न   ब्रूयात्   सत्यम्   अप्रियम्  ! प्रियं   च   नानृतं   ब्रूयात्   एष :   धर्म :   सनातन : !! (Manusmriti 4.138) Let one say what is true, let one say what is pleasing, let one utter no disagreeable truth, and let one utter no agreeable falsehood; that is the Sanatana dharma. Interestingly, the very next shloka is this: भद्रं   भद्रमिति   ब्रुयाद्भद्रमित्येव   वा   वदेत्   । शुष्कवैरं   विवादं   च   न   कुर्यात्केनचित्सह   ।। (Manusmriti 4.139) Always speak t...