In a world gripped by ecological collapse, mental health epidemics, and the ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence, the search for a guiding philosophy is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity.

And yet, in this global moment of reckoning, the one civilization that has sustained a living dialogue on consciousness, nature, and cosmic duty for millennia, Bharat has been conditioned to erase its identity in the name of modernity.

It’s time to reverse that. It’s time for Bharat to remember who it is.

Sanatana Dharma: Beyond Religion

Unlike any other worldview, Sanatana Dharma is not merely a Dharm, it is an all-encompassing way of life, deeply integrative in its vision. It views the individual, the society, the polity (raaja and raashtra), and the environment as interwoven aspects of a single cosmic order. In Sanatana thought, nature is not a resource- it is a relative. Earth is not a warehouse; she is Bhudevi.

This fundamental orientation is not just poetic, it’s profoundly practical. In contrast to the Western worldview that isolates man from nature and then tries to “fix” the environment with policies, Sanatana Dharma prevents the destruction from occurring in the first place, by aligning desire with dharma, consumption with conscience.

And yet, this worldview is deliberately sidelined in Bharat’s public discourse, often dismissed as “regressive” or “communal”.

Secularism: A Sword to Cut Off Roots?

Since the insertion of “secularism” into the Indian Constitution in 1976, a systematic effort has been underway to de-civilize Bharat, to scrub clean the consciousness of its spiritual, historical, and cultural identity.

Each time a Hindu seeks to assert their civilizational inheritance, they are told to choose between secularism and Sanskriti, a false dichotomy manufactured by colonial leftovers and amplified by post-colonial elites.

Ironically, while Western nations proudly wear their religious identities, Britain remains a Christian state; Saudi Arabia- Islamic; Israel- Jewish, it is only in Bharat that civilizational expression is equated with danger.

Why should secularism in Bharat mean state-sponsored amnesia?

Bharat’s Constitution: A Misunderstood Text

Much noise has been made about the “secular” nature of the Constitution. But a deeper reading reveals a more complex and nuanced picture.

  • Article 48 recommends cow protection.
  • Article 290-A mandates payments from the Union to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
  • Article 25 guarantees freedom of religion, but temple management laws routinely violate it, only for Hindus.

The Constitution is not anti-Hindu, but it has been interpreted through anti-civilizational lenses. As a result, Bharat is told to exist as a state, but not as a civilization. That is an existential tragedy.

AI, Climate, and the Global Stakes

The melting of the Arctic, the colonization of Greenland, the militarization of climate policy, these are not distant crises. They are early signs of a civilization that views Earth as a consumable, not a consort.

And now, as the world rushes headlong into the age of Artificial Intelligence, a new question emerges:

What is consciousness?
What is the mind? The self?

Western science, despite its advances, lacks a coherent answer.

But Bharat has been addressing these questions for thousands of years, through Yoga, Vedanta, Sankhya, Nyaya, schools that understand not only cognition, but liberation from cognition.

AI without Dharma will be dystopia.
AI with Dharma could be humanity’s savior.

Only Bharat has the philosophical tools to guide this discourse, if it chooses to.

Bharat’s Role: Not Superpower, but Civilizational Power

Bharat must not aspire to be a superpower merely to flex its muscle. Power for its own sake is not our dharma.

Bharat must rise because only it can anchor the modern world in conscience, not just code. In inner engineering, in civilizational healing, in ethical governance, Bharat is not just another nation. It is a continuing civilization.

But this will not happen unless Bharat reclaims its identity.

We must decolonize our discourse. Stop speaking our truths in the enemy’s tongue. Create a new vocabulary. A new grammar of existence.

The Way Forward: Mantra, Iccha, and Kriya Shakti

To reclaim the soul of Bharat, we will need three kinds of strength:

  1. Mantra Shakti – Spiritual clarity and rootedness.
  2. Iccha Shakti – Willpower to fight back narratives and reshape policy.
  3. Kriya Shakti – The executive energy to build institutions, technologies, and solutions.

The future belongs to those who are spiritually anchored, intellectually fearless, and physically capable.

Bharat has all three, but they must be awakened.

A Civilization on the Verge

We are not just fighting for modernity. We are fighting for the survival of tradition in the modern world.

Sanatana Dharma is the only ancient civilization that lives unbroken.

But it must now be reborn as a source of global healing, planetary ethics, and civilizational wisdom.

This is not jingoism. This is realism.
The world needs Bharat.
But Bharat first needs to remember itself.

Only then can we walk from Sanskriti to Rashtra and reclaim the dharma of nations.