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The RSS never sought publicity and most of its pracharaks even today lead a low-profile.
The expansion of the shakha network commensurated with its nationwide influence and the need to interpret its approach to national issues.
Today, the RSS has publications in every language and it is said that the combined circulation of Sangh publications is almost two million.
It is quite a marvel that an organisation that has eschewed publicity for almost a quarter of a century of its existence has today come to occupy the centre stage of the Indian national narrative.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar used to say that the RSS’ work will speak for itself and it will not go after publicity. For almost 25 years—since its inception i