Rastriya SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) Shishaka Varg ( Rss Training camp )
Rastriya SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) Shishaka Varg ( Rss Training camp )
ये वर्ग बौद्धिक और शारीरिक रूप से स्वयंसेवकों को संघ की जानकारी तो देते ही हैं साथ-साथ समाज, राष्ट्र और धर्म की शिक्षा भी देते हैं। ये निम्न प्रकार के होते हैं:
दीपावली वर्ग - ये वर्ग तीन दिनों का होता है। ये वर्ग तालुका या नगर स्तर पर आयोजित किया जाता है। ये हर साल दीपावली के आस पास आयोजित होता है।
शीत शिविर या (हेमंत शिविर) - ये वर्ग तीन दिनों का होता है, जो जिला या विभाग स्तर पर आयोजित किया जाता है। ये हर साल दिसंबर में आयोजित होता है।
निवासी वर्ग - ये वर्ग शाम से सुबह तक होता है। ये वर्ग हर महीने होता है। ये वर्ग शाखा, नगर या तालुका द्वारा आयोजित होता है।
संघ शिक्षा वर्ग -
प्राथमिक वर्ग, प्रथम वर्ष, द्वितीय वर्ष और तृतीय वर्ष
- कुल चार प्रकार के संघ शिक्षा वर्ग होते हैं।
"प्राथमिक वर्ग" एक सप्ताह का होता है,
"प्रथम" और "द्वितीय वर्ग" २०-२० दिन के होते हैं, जबकि "तृतीय वर्ग" 25 दिनों का होता है।
"प्राथमिक वर्ग" का आयोजन सामान्यतः जिला करता है,
"प्रथम संघ शिक्षा वर्ग" का आयोजन सामान्यत: प्रान्त करता है,
"द्वितीय संघ शिक्षा वर्ग" का आयोजन सामान्यत: क्षेत्र करता है।
परन्तु "तृतीय संघ शिक्षा वर्ग" हर साल नागपुर में ही होता है।
बौद्धिक वर्ग - ये वर्ग हर महीने, दो महीने या तीन महीने में एक बार होता है। ये वर्ग सामान्यत: नगर या तालुका आयोजित करता है।
शारीरिक वर्ग - ये वर्ग हर महीने, दो महीने या तीन महीने में एक बार होता है। ये वर्ग सामान्यत: नगर या तालुका आयोजित करता है।
The concept of Prathamik Varg is to get you acquainted with the Sangh's ideology and understand what the Sangh really stands for. Contrary to what liberals and lefties might have you think, RSS prathamik is not a method to spread propaganda.
There are certain rules while you attend the Prathamik varg.
I'll list out a few of them.
No use of mobile or other electronic devices which allow communication with the outside world.
Your family members can visit you but only for a specified time and not stay at the place for the entire duration.
You aren't allowed to smoke or drink while you are at the Varga for a week.
There are many small rules which they let you know when you get there. I'll list them as much as I can remember when I reach the appropriate thing and a few are itinerary related as well.
Your typical day starts at 5:30 am and ends at 10 pm.
5:30-5:45:
Wake up, Brush, Freshen up and head for Sanghsthan. You can bathe but you shouldn't because the next activity gets you real dirty. Its a personal choice.
5:45-7:00:
Reach the Sanghsthan and engage in one hour of shakha. They focus mostly on physical activities like Marching and a few running and basic defence tactics. A few yogasanas might also end up happening though it is reserved for the evening training.
7:00-8:30:
This time is reserved for freshening up again and it is then followed by breakfast. The breakfast is the usual poha,idli, etc. The food is always Indian. Oh and did I forget the plate in which you eat should be washed by you again and kept on the rack. This single thing makes me wonder what would the liberals do if they end up in such a predicament.
8:45-13:00:
This is the best part according to me. It is related to public speaking and called bouddhik. It is basically the pramukh selecting a topic and speaking on it for sometime. Starts with the basics and goes into advanced mode very fast and all the topics are apolitical. Nope, nobody bashed Congress even once even though we all know the piece of shit that they are. It is usually on topics associated with history, Hinduism, Economic and Social ideology of Sangh. A few people can go and speak as well if they have something more to add to the topic. This also contain a Q&A session on the particular topic we are focussing on. As Mumbai falls in Konkan Pranta, we usually discussed the nooks and crannies of battles Shivaji fought and boy that was exciting.
13:00-15:30:
It is lunch and rest time. You can rest for some time after having lunch. I've already mentioned that you have to wash the dish you eat in. One of the thing I forgot to mention was that after reaching the Varga for the first time, you are allocated group numbers. It coincides with the roommates you have. Out of the 7-14 groups, one group has to take the responsiblity of managing lunch, dinner or breakfast once for the entire Varga present. The task of feeding 400 people is not so easy but you've got to do it once. Teaches you the ability of being humble. ;)
15:30-16:30:
Your relatives or friends can come meet you in this time. If they are present its your meeting time or you can keep on resting a bit more. I've found that people don't sleep much but form groups and talk about the things they find in common be it politics, sensex or nifty, their profession and everything else. You get to bond with your roommates and it is usually fun.
16:30-18:30:
It is time for Sanghsthan again. This one is much better. Your group instructor takes a bit of physical exercises and then its usually time to learn using the danda properly. This is a great method of self defense and handling the stick properly is an art in itself. Loved learning this the most. They also teach musical instruments sometimes.
This one is quite accurate. Found it from the net.
18:30-20:30:
This is charcha Satra. People are allocated randomly and they debate and talk on a topic of their choice. It is apolitical. It makes sense because anyone spending time here wouldn't be defending any actions by Congress bastions and there's no point of one-sided debate. It is amusing to see so many opinions on a single topic.
20:30-21:30:
It is dinner time and as I mentioned the food is Indian and you wash the dishes after eating. If it is your groups turn, you end up serving everyone and eating after them.
21:30-22:00:
This time is free and you can do whatever you like. Again, you can sleep early or talk and while away the free time. At 10pm, it is lights out and you've got to sleep and wait for the next day to begin.
You should have gone with your friend. It would have made the week for both of you an easy one. This one is usually just an introduction to Sangh and its way of life. You wouldn't have realized when the seven days were up had you gone with your friend. Try going the next time.
There are three other camps which require seniority to attend. They are
Pratham Varga.
Dwitiya Varga.
Tritiya Varga.
Without the Prathamik, you can't go for the above three and these are usually one month long camps. It requires dedication to the Sangh. The Tritiya camps are held only in Nagpur. People from entire India come to Nagpur for that camp. Very rare to find someone having done Tritiya camp. If you find someone, be assured he has dedicated more than 15 years of his life to Sangh.
I completed Rss Parthamik Varga form Keshav Srushti.
In RSS there are 4 different camps, each considered as a level. One is the qualification for other. The first is a regional level one, one week long. It's for a whole district. Please note, district here is not the geographical district followed by govt. administrators. RSS has created zones for itself.
The final one lasts for one month in Nagpur, maharastra and is conducted at a national level.
The 2nd level camp called 'pratham shiksha varga ( 21day ) . This is targeted for youth agreed above 18 (though anyone can attend).
The main motto of this shiksha varga is to sow a seed of equality in the young minds. Once we're into the camp area, we are all supposed to sleep on ground, wash our clothes, serve food to others, organise welfare activities like cleaning the city/town/village, in short surroundings.
A particular time table is followed. Day begins approximately at 5-5:30.
The physical fitness program, suryanamaskar and yogout will happen for 1 hour. <- physical fitness
Then they go out into the surrounding or neighboring village for social activities.<- social welfare
They come back take bath, do a prayer (basic sanskrit slokas). Then they go for baithak session where the participants are taught real Indian history (note, not politics), Indian scientists, Indian musicians..... Each topic on a particular day(in fact they cover much many interesting topics which a common man would never know).<- culture, knowledge, identity.
At lunch time, a few stay back for serving food to the remaining people. <- giving nature
Eating starts with a sloka that says thanks to the almighty, farmer, king for the food. <- thanking nature
They share various personal experiences, jokes, stories during eating. <-friend making(without fb ;) )
Those are done eating would now serve food to those who are supposed to eat. They take turns in washing dishes. Chat with each other for a while, occasionally replaced by baithak by special guests of the day. Then mahabharata, ramayan, bhagawadgeeta are told. <- knowledge pooling and sharing.
Take a nap and wake up. Get ready for real physical, group activities now. Yoga happens for a while, then they practice parades, niyuddha(defence with bare hands, pretty much similar to kung-fu). Then they practice defence with danda(wooden sick). <-self defence.
Now they divide themselves into groups and play various games like kabaddi, kho-kho. Many other games are played where every nerve of the body is put to work. <-team work.
End of the day, they take bath, eat food, sleep in the open top areas with the campus.
One would be cut off completely with the outer world for a 21day , no news paper, no tv, no internet, no phone calls, no messages.
This camp isolates the participants from the regular world and teaches them the basic survival instincts and imparts a great share of knowledge.
On the final day, all karyakarthas are dressed up in ganna-vesh(uniform), put a tilak on for head and parade through the streets with a orchestra(brass instruments mostly) leading them as a symbol of hope to the citizen that they are here to help and take care.
I have done my pratham shiksha varga in Virar, Maharashtra in 2016
I have got great Bhai bandu ( friends ) from there. Believe me, none of them were as privileged as me, still i managed to moved along with them, that's what sangh has taught me.
I was sent there for training but came back as a wealthier person earning knowledge, confidence, friends, independence.
I would recommend you to go. This takes just a fee of 200/-. No other expense is expected.
What does it take to be an RSS karyakarta?
A swayamsevak is one who attends shakhas (daily meetings) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and vows to abide by its way of life. But it takes four levels of training, in camps called Sangh Shiksha Varg, to become an RSS karyakarta or functionary. The purpose of the training, according to RSS founder KB Hedgewar, is to raise a cadre which can communicate the organisation’s vision to society at large. It all starts with Prathmik Shiksha Varg, or initial training camp, after which committed members move to the second level, called Pratham Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg, and then to Dwitiya Varsh Sangh Shiksha Varg, and finally to the Tritiya Shiksha Varg. Select swayamsevaks are invited to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur for a 25-day camp for physical and ideological training.
What happens in Shiksha Vargs?:-
The rigorous daily routine, from 4 am till 10 pm, includes physical exercises and yoga in the morning, group discussions on various current issues, lectures and evening drills, training in unarmed combat techniques called ‘Niyuddh’, code of conduct during disaster management, importance of prachar (publicity), service activities and rural development, and basic lessons in security management and indigenous farming. Stress is laid on ideological and philosophical training. RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is currently touring the country visiting different shiksha vargs.
What about women?:-
While the Shikha varga are mostly about the male swayamsevaks, the Rashtriya servika Samiti is believed to have a similar module for women interested in the pursuing RSS work. The RSS by principle doesn’t allow mixed training of men and women in camps, citing code of conduct and disciplinary issue.
Has the nature of the camps changed over the years? :-
In the beginning, the camps used to have entertainment programmes every Saturday and a weekly off on Sunday. Later, the duration of camps was reduced to 30 days, and then to 25 days. Over time, the focus has switched to ideological thinking from military drills and physical exercises, according to RSS leaders.
History of Shiksha Varg:-
Hedgewar introduced summer training camps for swayamsevaks in 1927. The camp was originally designed for 40 days, from 5 am to 9 pm, and was known as ‘Summer Camp’, and later ‘Officers’ Training Camp’. After 1950, the nomenclature was changed to Sangh Shiksha Varg. The orders were mostly in English to begin with, but, in 1939, changed to regional languages. Prominent people who have attended RSS training camps as guests include Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar and Zakir Hussain. Shiksha vargs have been conducted regularly over the past 85 years, barring the years when the RSS was banned in 1948 following the murder of the Mahatma and in 1975 during the Emergency.
Are there different kinds of karyakartas?:-
About 95% of karyakartas are grahastha karyakartas, or householders, who have their livelihoods and families but devote their available time to the organisation. The rest 5% are full-timers, the pracharaks who pledge their lives to the RSS. Their expenses are borne by the Sangh and they are sent to different areas depending on their expertise. Pracharaks such as Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi were sent to politics, for instance.
A swayamsevak is one who attends shakhas (daily meetings) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and vows to abide by its way of life. But it takes four levels of training, in camps called Sangh Shiksha Varg, to become an RSS karyakarta or functionary. The purpose of the training, according to RSS founder KB Hedgewar, is to raise a cadre which can communicate the organisation’s vision to society at large. It all starts with Prathmik Shiksha Varg, or initial training camp, after which committed members move to the second level, called Pratham Varsha Sangh Shiksha Varg, and then to Dwitiya Varsh Sangh Shiksha Varg, and finally to the Tritiya Shiksha Varg. Select swayamsevaks are invited to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur for a 25-day camp for physical and ideological training.
What happens in Shiksha Vargs?:-
The rigorous daily routine, from 4 am till 10 pm, includes physical exercises and yoga in the morning, group discussions on various current issues, lectures and evening drills, training in unarmed combat techniques called ‘Niyuddh’, code of conduct during disaster management, importance of prachar (publicity), service activities and rural development, and basic lessons in security management and indigenous farming. Stress is laid on ideological and philosophical training. RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is currently touring the country visiting different shiksha vargs.
What about women?:-
While the Shikha varga are mostly about the male swayamsevaks, the Rashtriya servika Samiti is believed to have a similar module for women interested in the pursuing RSS work. The RSS by principle doesn’t allow mixed training of men and women in camps, citing code of conduct and disciplinary issue.
Has the nature of the camps changed over the years? :-
In the beginning, the camps used to have entertainment programmes every Saturday and a weekly off on Sunday. Later, the duration of camps was reduced to 30 days, and then to 25 days. Over time, the focus has switched to ideological thinking from military drills and physical exercises, according to RSS leaders.
History of Shiksha Varg:-
Hedgewar introduced summer training camps for swayamsevaks in 1927. The camp was originally designed for 40 days, from 5 am to 9 pm, and was known as ‘Summer Camp’, and later ‘Officers’ Training Camp’. After 1950, the nomenclature was changed to Sangh Shiksha Varg. The orders were mostly in English to begin with, but, in 1939, changed to regional languages. Prominent people who have attended RSS training camps as guests include Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar and Zakir Hussain. Shiksha vargs have been conducted regularly over the past 85 years, barring the years when the RSS was banned in 1948 following the murder of the Mahatma and in 1975 during the Emergency.
Are there different kinds of karyakartas?:-
About 95% of karyakartas are grahastha karyakartas, or householders, who have their livelihoods and families but devote their available time to the organisation. The rest 5% are full-timers, the pracharaks who pledge their lives to the RSS. Their expenses are borne by the Sangh and they are sent to different areas depending on their expertise. Pracharaks such as Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi were sent to politics, for instance.
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