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Nationalism is not an contented successful India erstwhile compared to different countries, and limiting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by calling it a nationalist organisation is simply a effect of misplaced understanding, RSS main Mohan Bhagwat said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025).
“People telephone america rashtravaadi (nationalist). We don’t person disputes with anyone; we enactment distant from disputes. It is not portion of our nature. Our quality and civilization are to advancement together. This is not the lawsuit with galore overseas nations,” Mr. Bhagwat said, addressing a publication festival astatine Nagpur.
The Indian thought of federation was different, helium said. “Our thought of rashtra is precise antithetic from their thought of nation. They looked astatine however to construe rashtra into English. They said it’s a nation, and called it nationalism. We don’t adjacent cognize our words present — we cognize their words,” helium said.
“Nationalism is not an contented successful India; our rashtra has ever been there. We judge successful the conception of nationality, not nationalism. We adjacent judge the conception of nationhood, rashtravaad, tin happen,” Mr. Bhagwat said.
“When we accidental rashtravaad, past that gets connected to the Western thought of nationalism which resulted successful 2 World Wars. The ego of the federation is the reason. But our rashtra is not compatible with egos. It has travel into beingness aft the dissolution of egos....people considered themselves one,” helium said.
The Nagpur Book Festival is being held from November 22 to 30 astatine the Reshimbagh Ground successful Nagpur. The event, with implicit 300 stalls, celebrates lit and learning.
