(A Clarified Indian Perspective)
We have no confusion about who we are, because we are Indians.
And whenever a discussion takes place in the context of India, it must begin with a clear understanding of India’s ancient strength.
From the earliest times, India has been a wealthy and knowledge-rich civilization. This prosperity naturally attracted the attention of foreign powers. Just as a wolf watches its prey with hungry eyes, waiting for the right moment to strike, external forces have repeatedly looked toward India with desire—for its land, wealth, resources, and wisdom.
History shows that many invaders came to India not merely to trade, but to satisfy their hunger for power and dominance. Over time, they became so accustomed to exploiting India that even after formal independence, their influence did not fully disappear. Our ancestors paid a heavy price—through struggle, sacrifice, and loss of life—to free this land from direct control. Yet indirect domination, psychological dependence, and intellectual submission still remain.
The real tragedy is that we rarely examine why such control continues in subtle forms. Political independence alone does not guarantee true freedom.
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| Ancient Indian knowledge guiding modern India toward awareness and strength. |
Every nation faces two kinds of problems:
India is a vast and independent country, yet even after more than seventy years of freedom, many deep issues remain unresolved. Poverty, hunger, inequality, and moral decline continue to trouble society.
Externally, India faces persistent challenges from neighboring countries such as Pakistan and China. Certain regions remain disputed, and strategic pressure continues along the borders. Much of the government’s energy is spent in defense rather than long-term national rebuilding.
Internally, the situation is equally concerning. Development has often been measured only by roads, factories, and numbers—while the human being has been reduced to cheap labor. Politics has frequently exploited caste and minority divisions, widening the gap between the rich and the poor.
Whether Congress or BJP, governments have often focused on managing time and power rather than solving problems at the root level.
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| Ancient Indian knowledge guiding modern India toward awareness and strength. |
One of the most serious failures has been in education. Many universities function like factories producing obedient workers rather than enlightened thinkers. Ironically, when Indians seek to understand their own history, culture, or philosophy, they often turn to foreign interpretations and accept them as final truth.
Corruption, moral decay, violence, and loss of character have reached alarming levels. This is not merely a political failure—it is a civilizational crisis. A society collapses not only when its economy weakens, but when its conscience erodes.
Poverty is not just material. It is also intellectual and spiritual. A person without inner knowledge remains poor even with wealth.
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| India’s ancient education system focused on wisdom, discipline, and self-realization. |
The irony is painful. India once gave the world profound systems of knowledge—philosophy, meditation, restraint, discipline, and self-realization. Using fragments of this ancient wisdom, many other civilizations modernized and advanced.
Yet in India itself, systematic research into our own knowledge traditions has been neglected or even discouraged. Instead of developing them scientifically and responsibly, they were often dismissed or banned.
True Indian strength was never based solely on weapons or territory, but on self-control, meditation, ethics, patience, forgiveness, truth, and inner discipline. These qualities made human beings humane—neither enemies of others nor slaves to their own desires.
Solutions do exist—but they demand courage and long-term vision.
Educational Reform
India must develop and implement an education system rooted in Indian languages, Indian philosophy, and scientific inquiry—without blind imitation of foreign models.
Cultural Confidence
Indians must value what is born in their own soil instead of automatically glorifying what comes from abroad.
National Self-Reliance
Economic and strategic self-reliance is essential. Dependency weakens sovereignty.
Inner Strength Before Outer Power
Military strength is necessary, but inner strength—character, ethics, awareness—is fundamental. A morally weak society cannot remain secure for long.
Poverty can be reduced, but ignorance is far more dangerous. When knowledge arises, discipline follows. When discipline follows, prosperity becomes meaningful.
India does not lack solutions.
What it lacks is collective will, clarity, and confidence in its own civilizational wisdom.
True freedom begins not only at the borders, but within the mind and conscience of the nation.
— M. K. Pandey
President
G.V.B. – The University of Veda
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