All software shakhas find it most convenient to meet on Sunday mornings. “We don’t approach anyone to join us unless we feel they are inclined to the RSS ideology,” says Raghavendra Bhat, 36, a programme manager at Lucent Technologies, in-charge of five software shakhas in Bangalore.
Bhat, a long-time RSS worker, who lost touch with the organization during a stint in the United States, feels the IT shakhas are suited for the busy schedules of knowledge-economy workers.
“Discussions are the main focus of the milans. The main intention is to think constructively on building society and planning social service activities,” says Anil Kumar Airani, 32, an engineer with Mphasis.