Decoding the RSS by Raosaheb Kasbe

Author:Raosaheb Kasbe [Kasbe, Raosaheb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leftword Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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1Golwalkar tries to differentiate between varna (class) and jati (caste) by saying that varna is good and jati is bad. But he ignores the fact that varna is the mother of caste.

2Malik Kafur was a general in Alauddin Khilji’s army who led the Deccan conquests of the Sultan. He was a Hindu slave, a eunuch, who had been captured in Gujarat and brought up as a Muslim under Khilji’s rule. After Alauddin’s death he imprisoned the Sultan’s son Qutubuddin Mubarak Khan Shah and appointed Mubarak Shah’s younger half-brother Shihabuddin Omar Khan as the Sultan. He acted as his regent for a few months in 1316 CE before he was murdered. Following his death, Mubarak Shah took over the throne by ousting Shihabuddin. Mubarak Shah was later murdered by his general, Nasiruddin Khusro Khan, who briefly ruled as the Sultan of Delhi in 1320 CE. Like Kafur, he too was captured as a young boy and brought to Delhi as a slave (with his brother). Khusro Khan was a convert too, and some legends say that he was an ‘Untouchable’ before the conversion. He was captured and killed by Ghiyasuddin Tughluq.

3A day when gurus, or teachers, are honoured and celebrated by their students.

4A rakhi is a thread, or band, tied by sisters on the wrists of their brothers on the occasion of the Raksha Bandhan festival. The thread symbolizes a brother’s responsibility in the protection and care of his sister—which she acknowledges through the ritual tying of the rakhi.

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