Saffron flags fluttered along a narrow lane about 300 metres off Edappally’s busy main road as the chenda melam drew people toward the Anjumana Devi temple ground on February 28. What appeared to be a festive evening featuring a mega Thiruvathira soon transformed into a Hindu Ekta Sammelanam organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), where calls to “forget caste” and rally behind Hindu unity formed the core message.
