ECLIPSING THE CIVILISATIONAL CORE

THE MODERN HISTORY OF BHARAT IS REPLETE WITH INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE SUPPRESSION AND NEGATION OF THAT ‘SWA’ OF BHARAT WHICH IS FAMED, IMMORTAL AND PRE-EMINENT. DOING SO IS FAMOUSLY(FALSELY) REFERRED TO AS BEING “LIBERAL-INTELLECTUAL AND PROGRESSIVE”. IT IS EVIDENT THAT HAVING FAILED TO DEFINE ITS DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS IN THE LIGHT OF ITS ‘SWA’ BHARAT’S POTENTIAL DOES NOT REFLECT IN THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE COUNTRY THUS FAR

- DR MANMOHAN VAIDYA

On the face of this planet, there is not one country whose people are confused as to who they are, who their ancestors were and what their story is. But, Bharat, the cradle of human settlement, the richest and the mightiest of all human civilisations is torn over these fundamental questions. This lack of consensus shows that we are not willing to identify and actualise our real identity, our “swa” as a unified society and one nation.

Following the devastation of World War II in 1945 Britain, Germany and Japan turned a new leaf. An unceasing struggle of hundreds of years culminated in Israel reclaiming its nationhood in 1948. Having suffered at the hands of invaders and exploiters for many centuries and over a 100-year-long freedom struggle, Bharat too attained independence in 1947. All five of these countries began anew at almost the same point in time, yet today, the socioeconomic progress made by the aforementioned four countries is incomparable to that of Bharat. What might be the cause of the same?

In his monumental essay