Grit & Glory : How India's Northeast was Transformed One Heart at a Time

This book is an inspiring word picture of the dedication and grit with which many young workers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Rashtra Sevika Samiti transformed the North-East of Bharat, which will create the same grit and dedication in the youth of Bharat so that our sacred motherland will attain supreme glory to the benefit of all mankind.

Dr. Mohan Bhagwat, 

Sarsanghachalak, 

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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There was a time when the feeling of secessionism in the Northeast region had reached dangerous proportions. How this situation was transformed through love, friendship, service and progress is a fascinating story. Being a resident of the region, I have experienced it first hand. I am happy that this book has now narrated it for the entire country to read and feel proud.

Kiren Rijiju 

Union Minister of 

Parliamentary Affairs

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Hundreds of young men and women walked away from the warmth of home and the certainty of ordinary lives, choosing instead a path of silence, sacrifice, and service. Many never returned. They offered their youth, their dreams, and in some cases their very lives at the altar of Maa Bharati. And yet, history forgot to remember them. This erasure was not just unfortunate, it was unjust. This book restores that moral balance with rare sincerity and quiet authority. It does not shout, it reveals. It does not glorify, it illuminates. This is not merely a book to be read. It is a debt to be acknowledged. Every Indian owes it to themselves to witness this story.

Vivek Agnihotri 

Filmmaker

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Grit & Glory narrates how, an estranged region with decades of neglect, manipulation, subversive activities and tribal identities was brought back to the national stream through love, service and development. RSS Pracharaks from different states of India including the southernmost state of Kerala travelled and embedded in the North Eastern State's social fabric in order to be the agents of change and mentors of integration. They fought with violent, anti-national forces that led to many of the RSS karyakarthas sacrificing their lives at the altar of national unity. A book that is a must-read for everyone who mulls over how modern India, that is Bharath, is being made.

Dr. Jacob Thomas, IPS 

DGP (Retd), Kerala.