Model-actor Milind Soman, in his memoir Made In India, speaks about being part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a young boy. Soman recalls going to the local 'shakha', or training centre, at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai. He writes that his father "was a great believer in the benefits that would accrue to a young boy, in terms of disciplined living, physical fitness and right thinking, from being part of the junior cadres of the RSS", reports theprint.in.

Soman adds that being part of an RSS shakha was "a very Shivaji Park thing" for a young boy to do back then.