Dinanath Mishra

Dinanath Mishra
Dinanath Mishra (or Dina Nath Mishra; 1937–2013) was an Indian journalist and writer belonging to the Hindutva, Hindu nationalist movement. He authored a seminal work ''RSS: Myth and Reality'' on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from a nationalist point of view. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and served a five-year term. Life and career Mishra was born in 1937 in Gaya (India), Gaya, Bihar. His father was Indranath Mishra. He had to struggle during his early life, working as a child labourer, but would eventually complete his education and earn a Master of Arts degree. He also became a volunteer (''swayamsevak'') of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He served as the editor of the RSS in-house newspaper ''Panchjanya'', from 1971 to 1974. Later, he moved to Navbharat Times, heading its bureau in Delhi and, subsequently, its Patna edition. Having joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sa ...
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Hindutva
Hindutva () is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India. The term was formulated as a political ideology by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923. It is used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)The Hindutva Road
Frontline, 4 December 2004 and other organisations, collectively called the

Sangh Parivar

. The Hindutva movement has been described as a variant of

right-wing extremism

and as "almost
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