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My vision about unalloyed nationalism and fighting disintegrating forces without fear or favour. Believer in unalloyed nationalism. I continue to cover Gujarat.

Nothing is greater than the nation. I am from an old Maratha family whose ancestor Sardar Bhikajirao had fought in the 3rd Battle of Panipat in 1761 against Afghan invader Ahmedshah Abdali. Belong to village Mahur near Fort Purandar near Pune, Maharashtra. Bhikajirao's sons shifted to North India under Shrimant Mahadji Shinde in 1780s and subsequently to Gwalior. My original clan is Salunke known

as Solanki in Rajputs ( Gotra Bharadwaj).

* Our Kuldevta is Shri Khandoba -Shri Martand Bhairav of Fort Jejuri near Pune. Our Kuldevi is Shri Renukadevi, mother of Shri Parshuram whose Shaktipeeth is at Mahurgadh near Nanded.

* Bhikajirao became very famous in the battle of Badami fort in Karnataka in May, 1786 when his bravery enabled the Peshwa's army to snatch the fort from the control of Tipu Sutan. His brother Viharji was killed in that battle. Later he also fought in the famous battle of Kharda against the Nizam. Bhikajirao's sons meanwhile had joined the great Maratha commander Mahadji Shinde as his captains and fought many battles under him including the famous battles of Tunga, Medta and Patan. They finally settled down in Gwalior during the reign of his adopted son Daulatrao Scindia. Bhikajirao's grandson Sardar Jagdeorao Babasaheb became the Senapati of Gwalior State.

* After independence our family moved to Gujarat as my father's maternal grandfather was at a high position in Baroda his brother General Nanasaheb Shinde being Commander in Chief of Baroda State forces under the legendary administrator and reformer Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda State. General Shinde was honoured by the Maharaja with the title of ' Rajratna '. After graduation I became a journalist and moved to Ahmedabad. In 2015 December I moved to Delhi at India Today with the responsibility of covering BJP , Ministries and RSS. So now I am based in Delhi as well as Ahmedabad.

30/07/2026

On Guru Purnima i bow to my 4 Gurus whose thoughts have always guided me in my pursuit of unalloyed nationalism - Swami Pranavanand, founder of Bharat Sevashram Sangh & one of India’s greatest yogis, Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati & Shri Rang Awadhoot , 2 of the greatest Sants of the Datta order, & Rajarshi Muni who was one of the greatest practitioners of classical yoga.

1. Swami Pranavanand ( 1896-1941) opposed Cong’s pro-Muslim policies in the Gandhian era & supported Veer Savarkar & even went to jail for Hindu Mahasabha. He also supported the Bengali revolutionaries, particularly the Anshulan Samiti. He might have also influenced RSS founder Dr KB Hedgewar who studied medicine in Kolkatta.

His strength was that he created great Sants from amongst Dalits & tribals. He is known as the ultimate Sant of national integration. He was born in Kayastha caste in today’s Bangladesh.

2. Vasudevanand Saraswati ( 1954-1914) did Desh Bhraman on foot, from Dwarka to Bengal & from Hardwar to Tanjore, & did his Chaturmaas all over the country. He is considered as a Avatar of Datta Bhagwan. He was from Maharashtra’s Karhade Brahmin caste.

3. Shri Rang Awadhoot ( 1898-1968) , participated in the freedom struggle under Gandhi ji but soon disengaged & took the spiritual path. As a rule he used to do 15-day fast if a woman’s saree touched his body or when currency touched his body. He commands immense respect in Datta tradition.

When RSS Sarsanghchalak Guru Golwalkar ji went to meet him in Baroda , Rang Awadhoot made him sit on his his own Asan telling Shri Guru ji that while he himself was trying for his own Moksha, he ( Guru ji) was doing a much greater job as he was working for the upliftment of Bharat Varsha.

Rang Awadhoot was also a Brahmin from Maharashtra.

5. Rajarshi Muni ( 1931-2022) was a Jadeja Rajput whose father was ADC to the Maharaja of Porbandar. He was follower of Lord Lakulish , an incarnation of Lord Shiva. He was one of the greatest exponents of classical Yoga & had mastered 700 yoga Asanas.

29/07/2026

By aligning with opposition parties in opposing the BJP Abhijeet Dipke is fast losing the opportunity of leading a true pro-people agenda. His tweet calling for an online poll against BJP & for , his reluctance to take up exam paper leak cases in Opposition ruled States , selecting Cong leader Kapil Sibal, who supported the Hindu terror theory & opposed removal of Article370 from J&K, as his party’s lawyer are indications of that.

Dipke, a Dalit & therefore already in an advantageous position in India’s reformist public space, is losing a great chance to emerge as a true public leader in Nation-First spirit.

For example, had he taken up the issue of excluding creamy layer from the SC/ST reservation for the benefit of the marginalised Dalits - a stand that former CJI BR Gavai took - he would have attained an unassailable position in India’s public life.

In fact, when he said that though he was AAP supporter in the past, he was not aligned with any political party now & that he would never enter politics, I felt like believing him. But now his agenda looks different.

One more letdown appears to be in making for the people of the nation, particularly the youth.

Clearly, Dipke is reaping a bumper crop from BJP’s mistakes rather than any true moral power like Anna Hazare.

25/07/2026

Pay tributes to Samajwadi Party MLA from Nizamabad seat in Azamgarh, Alam Badi Azmi , 1 of the most idealistic & honest elected representatives in the country, on his departure at the age of 90 yrs.

A 5-time MLA , he was one of the last symbols of value based politics when horse trading of MPs & MLAs has become order of the day in Indian politics.

Inspired by Gandhi ji , Pandit Nehru & Netaji Bose, he would often travel by ordinary bus from Azamgarh to Lucknow & even shun pasting posters during elections. He lived the simplest possible life for an elected representative. Ironically , Badi represented a political party not exactly known for these ideals.

Attached here with is an unmissable video report that says things about him which are simply amazing in today’s politics.

24/07/2026

Sonam Wangchuk has shown great maturity & elevated his status in Gandhian tradition by breaking his fast & not allowing the students stir to go in the hands of anarchists - Pan-Islamists & Communists - & opposition parties bent upon derailing the Modi Govt by hook or crook.

Wanchuk’s decision came soon after PM Narendra Modi address to the nation stating his Govt’s resolve to set right the nation’s paper leak problem by giving most stringent punishment to leakers of examination papers by enacting a law.

It will be interesting to see how this development takes the winds out of the sails of the CJP agitation which all sorts of divisive elements , who don’t believe in the indivisibility of India, & even anti-national elements are trying to hijack.

This positive gesture by Wangchuk might even pave way for solving the issues that he has raised before the Central Govt in his extremely border sensitive home State - Ladakh.

The ace behind-the-screen planner, HM Amit Shah , apart from of course the two interlocutors, J.P.Nadda & Dr Jitendra Singh , must get credit for this.

All in all if this imbroglio can fix the nation’s paper leak problem then it will go down as a positive chapter despite the violence it triggered.

I think the punishment for exam paper leak should be from 10 years to life imprisonment looking to the stakes that are involved in these exams of the common students in the form of their careers.

15/07/2026

Happy to see our Save Culture Save Bharat Foundation‘s 3 yr nationwide mission against P0rnography is showing result with Gujarat Govt of Bhupendra Patel set to curb social media for children. I demanded this ban in Oct 2025 by writing a letter to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw citing such ban in many western countries as an example.

Last year, I along with missionary campaigners against perverted content - Sanjeev Newar & Swati Goel - had also filed a writ petition in Supreme Court on the issue. The matter is before CJI Justice Surya Kant . Our lawyer in the case is one & the only Vishnu Shankar Jain .

Interestingly, representing GOI in the case, Solicitor General of India Shri Tushar Mehta had agreed with the plea made in our petition ( which listed several cases of r**e provoked by easily available P0rnography ) for curbing perverted content & assured the Court of action on GOI’s part.

After PM Narendra Modi ‘s welcome endorsement of Australia’s ban on social media for children, the issue has gathered speed.

But curbs for minors is not enough. The need of the hour is to ban perverted content completely in the country using AI.

For, it is now proved beyond doubt that such evil content is the biggest threat to Bharat’s culture & character. It is the main cause of r**e case, both by minors & adults, particularly in slum areas.

Below is the link to the TOI story on Gujarat’s plans to ban social media for minors : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/guj-mulls-ai-social-media-curbs-for-u-16s/amp_articleshow/132375828.cms

08/07/2026

Those anti-Hindus taking political advantage of Ayodhya Chanda Chori scam despite opposing Ram Temple , spinning false Hindu terror narrative & being hand in glove with Pan-Islamists must listen to this song that exposes them totally.

Shared by my friend Bharat Pandya , vice president of BJP Gujarat.

This song is truly hilarious as it aptly lays bare the evil intentions of anti-Hindu forces. The opening lines are catchy :

‘ Chanda Chori Mamle mein Dekh Lenge Ram.

Tum Ram drohion Ka Isme Kya Kaam’.

Jai Shri Ram

04/07/2026

Pay tributes to Swami Vivekanand on his Punyatithi. But with p**nograpic AV content playing havoc & daily resulting in r**es across nation, are we near the goal he had set for Bharat of becoming a global spiritual leader? In the latest a father r**ed his own 13 yr daughter in Gujarat’s Vadodara dist.

In another case of Kerala’s Pathanamathitta dist, a 13 yr girl was brutally r**ed by 4 minor boys.

In yet another case of Karnataka’s Davengere dist , a 41 year old lady was r**ed by 10 men including shockingly a minor who was the main conspirator. He offered ride to the woman & took her to a secluded spot for committing the brutal act.

Clearly, the repeated claims of making Bharat a great nation in the spirit of Swami Vivekanand will have hollow ring to them until perverted content is completely banned in the nation by GOI by using AI & by enacting a strict law.

29/06/2026

Do read my take on Ayodhya Chanda Scam:

The anti-Hindu vultures, who opposed Ram Mandir, sold 2008 Mumbai terror attack as an RSS act, & were hand in glove with hate preacher Zakir Naik, are now smelling success in the unfortunate Chanda Scam.

They think they can win the UP & 2029 Lok Sabha polls by latching on to the scam. But i am sure they will be proved wrong once again. It is destined. The SIT set up by UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath is set to bring out the truth & settle the issue.

However, in the same scam there is divine retribution for Sangh Parivar too for weaponising religion & not keeping the Maryada of Shri Ram.

One can’t forget the battery of questionable Bollywood actors invited for the inauguration of the temple including beef-eaters while several true Ram Bhakts were left out.

The Sants were kept bound in an area behind the rope like commoners. And the saint-like Ashok Singhal , the architect of Ram Temple movement , was almost forgotten on the occasion. Also forgotten was Ramchandra Das Paramhansa, one of first fighters of Ram Jamabhoomi movement.

This was almost an affront to the principles of cultural nationalism as propounded by 2nd RSS Sarsanghchalak Guru ji Golwalkar, who persevered for moral rearmament of Bharat.

God has his own way of sending different messages to different people. While anti-Hindus would never succeed in their plan to use the scam as a political stepping stone , the episode has a message for Sangh Parivar too.

Karmafal is same for every one - leaders or citizens.

28/06/2026

The nation desperately needs role models, particularly from the Minority Community - ones who dedicate their lives to a societal mission with a Nation First approach. I met one in Hiba Khan, who has been making India greener & saving its forests based on a sustainable development model, her mission amidst a flurry of infrastructure development that doesn’t care much for disappearing forests.

Taking forward her mission through her non-profit initiatives, Hiba Green Foundation & Hiba Green Voice, Hiba Khan has made a significant difference to common people when it comes to spreading green awareness.

Her powerful & research-based videos on sustainable growth & environmental protection based on actual examples & reliable figures has brought changes in the way people look at Bharat’s environmental challenges.

She strongly believes that climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time, with women bearing a disproportionate share of its impact. Through Hiba Green Foundation, her vision is to combine climate action with sustainable development by generating green livelihood opportunities that empower women while restoring the environment.

Originally a cybersecurity professional with an MNC, she eventually left her job and declined a USA-based post to pursue her interests in environment, sustainable development & animal rights. A true radical in her thought process, she has been at the forefront of a mission advocating a ‘ Bloodless Eid ‘. She has managed to create a small band of people who celebrate Eid by eating tasty fruits.

Daughter of a Govt official & originally from Lucknow, she is keen to take her mission forward in cooperation with the Govt as well as fellow NGOs, provided they are sincere in their thinking.

She also has an interest in Indian classical Music & is a professional Tabla artist. In a sense, she can be called a member of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam School.

She runs her environmental awareness mission from Delhi. Environment is one of the few weak areas of the present Govt at the Centre which has left an impression that the Govt cares less for environment when it comes to infrastructure development

In such a scenario the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change ( ) could make good use of her knowledge & expertise.

Wishing Hiba Khan all the best in her future endeavours.

26/06/2026

With r**e cases provoked by p**n happening almost on a daily basis , it has become incumbent on followers of Guru Golwalkar, 2nd RSS Sarsanghchalak & father of Bharat’s cultural nationalism, to enact a law to stop p**nography in Bharat by punishing purveyors of evil content.

In the latest, a taxi driver kidnapped a 10 yr sleeping girl from footpath in Delhi & r**ed her before killing her. In another case a 12 yr boy r**ed his 9 month niece - both cases undoubtedly provoked by p**n easily available on phones.

Officially, scores of such cases are happening on a daily basis , particularly in slums. But against this there are hundreds & hundreds of such cases which go unreported. The situation is grim but few are talking or doing anything about.

Many say that stopping p**n is an impossible task. Our Save Culture Save Bharat , which is spearheading the fight against evil content, believes that nothing is impossible in a country that has produced heroes like Ch. Shivaji & Maharana Pratap & spiritual figures like Swami Vivekanand, Shri Aurobindo, my guru Swami Pranvanand & Trailanga Swami, a matchless saint who lived life for 280 years before leaving the world in 1887.

Ramkrishna Paramhansa called Trailanga Swami a living ‘ Lord Shankar’ when he came from Kolkatta to see the Swami in Varanasi in 1868.

What is startling is the present day nationalists frequently invoke RSS icons like RSS founder Dr Hedgewar, Guru Golwalkar & Veer Savarkar but are failing to address an issue that is the biggest threat to cultural nationalism.

Below is my appeal to the nation on this burning issue:

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