73,000-Year-Old Hashtag

 Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the world's oldest example of the ubitquitous cross-hatched pattern drawn on a silcrete flake in the Blombos Cave in South Africa.

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Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest example of abstract art in the world. Photo by peng song/Getty Images

 

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Truth Behind RSS Letter to Indira Gandhi during Emergency (1975-1977)

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Truth Behind RSS Letter to Indira Gandhi during Emergency (1975-1977)  The present book makes critical review of ten letters written by Balasaheb Deoras (3rd RSS Sarsanghchalak) from Yerwada Jail in Pune and his associates Advocate V.N. Bhide during the Emergency (1975-77) in which appealed for the lifting of the ban on the RSS and release of its workers and offered organizational support for national upliftment. These letters are reproduced in the Appendices of this book. Both sides acknowledge the letters’ existence and content. Critics highlight praise and offers of service; defenders emphasize the full context of defending the organization and ongoing resistance. Hope this book will be helpful for readers to judge the motive of writing these letters.
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RSS Participated in Anna Hazare's 2011 India Against Corruption (IAC) Movement

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RSS Participated in Anna Hazare's 2011 India Against Corruption (IAC) Movement   There is no doubt that RSS participated actively and openly in Anna Hazare's 2011 India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, providing organizational support, mobilizing volunteers, and offering logistical help. But Hazare denied being an RSS agent or having direct control by the organization. He emphasized the movement's apolitical, anti-corruption nature and his own Gandhian roots. He had past associations with RSS but rejected broader conspiracy claims. However  RSS issued formal statements and letters supporting the movement. RSS instructed its cadre across India to join protests, run langars (community kitchens), manage crowds, and contribute resources. They helped with crowd management, logistics, and feeding protesters. RSS leaders, including Ram Madhav, appeared on stage.  Congress leaders like Digvijay Singh, some ex-IAC members, and left-leaning outlets claimed the RSS and BJP stage-...
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RSS and Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination: Myths vs Facts

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       RSS and Mahatma Gandhi’s Assassination: Myths vs Facts Detractors of the RSS, including the current Congress president Rahul Gandhi, have often accused it of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. The facts, however, tell a different story. RSS was not directly involvred in Killing of Mahatma Gandhi but its ideology inspired Godse to kill Gandhi. There were reasons for Godse wanting to kill Gandhi. As a passionate member of the RSS and the editor of Hindu Rashtra , he had been acting in close concert with the Hindutva movement and was obsessed, like any other member of the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha, with the idea of making India a Hindu Rashtra. He was, therefore, part and parcel of a subterranean and organized Hindutva resistance to the Gandhian project of secular democracy— a resistance which had existed since before 1947, before the country was even thought to be partitioned.  Through his nationalism and secularism, Gandhi had comprehensively countered ...
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