Nagpur, Oct. 20 -- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been working for the past 100 years to awaken national self-awareness and strengthen India's unity on the basis of its cultural identity and history, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Tuesday.
Addressing the Sangh's annual Vijayadashami programme at its headquarters in Nagpur, Bhagwat said India had suffered decline and endured centuries of foreign subjugation after forgetting its traditional values and the emotional bond that united its people.
He said India was a country of immense diversity, encompassing different religions, regions, castes, languages, food habits and customs, and needed a fundamental principle that respected, protected and upheld the dignity of all these diver...