It has been for centuries that India triggered imagination of the entire world and was known as a fabulous land of untold wealth, great traditions and several mystical happenings. It was a powerful magnet drawing people of various lands for its wealth, its culture, traditions and wisdom. The discovery of India’s past itself was like a magical wealth for scholars in the eighteenth century and it became a branch of knowledge and Indology became part of a separate scholarly discipline in the past in the entire western world.

It is indeed sad and a matter of grave concern that after Independence a few of our countrymen became victims of self-doubt and in their almost insane guilt feeling for the past, went to the extent of calling our ancient culture stagnant and started looking at the country’s heritage with disdain. They belittled the fact that India was the genesis of the spiritual east, cradle of that civilization which absorbed the best values which can hardly be comprehended today due to cynicism and political degeneration of decades. As the interpretation of the very idea of India became the victim of leftist hair -splitting in their writings, we have almost forgotten today the values associated with the existence of a continuity of our religion of over 5000 years. The vehemence with which we run down our own religion has already done irreparable damage to our society. We need today a vital, pulsating and energising interpretation of our culture and historical processes which can provide a glue to the people. And that is what we seek to provide on this website.

The vituperation against the majority community in a section of English media must end forthwith, which is often visible in its full sharpness in their long-winding verbiage including sly innuendos, sarcasm and various forms of hate-vocabulary.

India symbolises a spirit, a character, a temperament, a destiny. It always had a natural self-consciousness rooted in her religion and culture. A nation cannot live without its past and those who attempt to belittle it seek to destroy its very fabric, its spiritual pattern and its power to adapt to modern times. All that is valuable and significant owes its origin to us and we should not have any doubt about it or be apologetic. Our destiny beckons us again.

There are many western and Indian thinkers who have observed that over the years, there are many educated Indians, particularly by faith Hindu who are victims of self-doubt and often lack pride in their cultural legacy and the symbols which have held the country’s mind and spirit together for centuries.

There is no doubt that the national pride has been an elixir that prods individuals towards achievement based on inspiration from models of their past. Stirred with this they can galvanise themselves to face the challenges that accompany a life of aspiration in the competitive world. This pride is like a prize that is already won for an ongoing race. In this race obviously the Semitic religions are already having an edge over Hindus. We should not underrate them because they are better organised and funded. Their concept of modernity does not make them hesitant in owning their ancient religion with heart and soul. The Hindus on the other hand, tend to be apologetic about their past traditions. This is a bitter truth. Even today’s management experts and social scientists have found the attribute of pride to be a highly correlated factor to economic progress amongst the people of developed nations. When thinking of Americans, English, French or Italians, it is difficult to imagine people of developed nations not having a common pride for some aspect of their heritage.

So, if pride is something that we hope to empower Indians with, the next and perhaps more important question becomes, what construct of pride are we to choose for the purpose? What ideal is befitting? Would it be pride of their civilisation, nation, culture, language, community, religion, organisation, intelligence, capability or some other ideal? While there is relative clarity on most of these constructs, it seems useful to draw a distinction between pride of the nation and pride of the civilisation. If it is national pride we celebrate, but a greater respect and the spirit of celebration is warranted for civilisational pride which is, without doubt, Hindu in character. If it is civilisational pride, then Indian scriptures which offer profound insight, can become an inexhaustible source of wisdom and perspective. In the whirl of globalisation our educational system is slowly belittling this aspect. If we fail to discover pride in our heritage due to political prejudices, we are bound to sink in the abyss of intellectual bankruptcy.

We have to be clear about the often-mocked values which we derive right from childhood in our families. Intellect and character and respect for intrinsic Hindu values go together. This should be given due importance. If this dream were realised then India would no longer shrink to a geographic boundary. India would take on the world; the world extends its reach and spread to wherever Indians live and lead.