Video by NewsMinute ---In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna breaks down how the Sangh operates through schools, hostels, unions, media, and diaspora organisations, shaping communities and narratives both at home and abroad. For over a century, the RSS has operated not just as an ideological movement, but as a vast organisational network embedded in everyday life. From schools, hostels, labour unions, media houses, charities, and cultural forums, its reach extends into education, work, and communities
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Solidarity with the Iranian Protesters - Statement from Radical Socialist (Jan 16, 2026)
17 JanuaryRadical Socialist stands in solidarity with the mass uprising in Iran against brutal state repression, and deteriorating national economic conditions triggered by the collapse of Iran’s official currency and skyrocketing inflation. The ongoing wave of protests began on 28th December 2025 in the Grand Bazaar within Tehran, and soon spread outside the national capital to all the total 31 provinces across Iran. Contrary to the disinformation propagated by Western media and Iranian state agencies, the protesters are primarily comprised of ordinary Iranian citizens who have generally been in the forefront of previous upsurges also.
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Sri Lanka: Intellectuals express concern over the campaign of vilification against Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya
8 JanuaryOur attention is drawn to a vicious campaign of vilification and personalized attacks against Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and the Minister of Education.
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Response to Jan 2026 US Military Intervention in Venezuela: Some Statements from within the Indian Left
6 Januarystatements from left parties and groups in India over the US intervention in Venezuela
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India: Concerned Filmmakers’ and Citizens Statement against Censorship at IFFK 2025
22 December 2025Modi Government initially refused ‘censorship exemption’ for 19 films programmed and scheduled at #IFFK2025, but following the Kerala Government’s defiant decision to screen all films, later whittled the list down to 6. This time, the Kerala government accepted the Delhi diktat.
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- 8 January – Jharkhand High Court commutes man’s death penalty in rape and murder case to life term, cites lack of reform assessment
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- 27 December 2025 – Maharashtra - Man sentenced to death for assaulting woman, murdering her child
- 27 December 2025 – Chandigarh - ‘Blind Love for Raja Betas’: HC Tears Into Patriarchy While Jailing Child Rape-Murder Convict for 30 Years
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