Drawing on thirty years of ground reporting, seasoned political journalist Vijai Trivedi explains the inner workings of a gargantuan system that calls itself a cultural organisation working for the uplift and unification of the Hindu Rashtra. Through primary research and interviews with senior RSS cadres as well as ground workers, he peels back the many layers of RSS’s hundred-year history, including its role in the freedom struggle, the Emergency and the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.