Akhand bhwrath being a cultural unity rather than a political unity and peaceful unification instead of a violent one etc are just a cute tatical interpretation for public conception and image saving. I am sure interally the talks will be exactly opposite of what he said about the concept.
Using your post to add more points.
Even if people are misinterpreting or there is a method that we do not know. But whatever is visible to us is a crude frugal product that on one is ready to buy, especially the cost that they are demanding. I can explain what I mean by the cost.
RSS should discuss it like people who really have stakes, accountability and academic reasoning to back their ideology. Their one liners are not going to help. Not to mention more damage occurs when they come out again to speak in different language, do flip flops or run away with tail between legs.
For last two weeks there has been plenty of muck thrown at them by leftist scoundrels. Ram Madhav should have at least approached two or three conducive newspapers, write articles, stand firm behind what he has said and challenged all those who are calling him out.
Recently Simriti Irani called Sagarika Gosh out and dared her to have one on one interview with her. The wich never came back.
Not only there is deafening silence but the silence has emboldened these anti Hindu voices that they have started addressing PM Modi to clarify his stand on this Akhand Bharat.
I will never touch an unfinished product let alone something that is still a fiction. If Marxists can endorse their ideologies, hypothesis and create massive libraries and materials for generations to be influenced then why RSS can not do it.
We don't know if Marxism in India had the patronage of political class or not but we know for sure that they do have complete product that can give an alternate POV that people can juxtapose; buy off the shelf and then empower into an ideological cult.
All these cheesy smart ass excuses RSS makes, tells only one thing that they are suffering from intellectual paucity if not bankruptcy.
Rajiv Malhotra has already identified these Hindu groups in general who believe in plagiarizing and then develop short lived brownie point responses on other's hard work. He has further added that they want others to spoon feed them but never get down on difficult lane of research and writing their own books that can qualify to be published by renowned publishers. Heck Rajiv Malhotra has faced so much resistance from leftist thugs who are so powerful, what will the fate of RSS ideologues and followers is anyone's guess.