KS Nagarajan
There are moments in human history when civilizations pause to ask themselves: What anchors us? What protects us from descending into chaos? For India, the answer has always been clear. The world without Bharat Dharma—not religion, but a profound way of life—would resemble a vast and dangerous forest, governed not by conscience but by instinct, greed, and disorder.
Our ancients often said: Reality is a mirage, and what appears as mirage is often the deeper reality. This is not poetic exaggeration—it is the core of Sanatana understanding. Anyone can raise one’s right or left hand to prove a point, but who can raise their conscience and display it? Yet, can anyone deny its existence? Conscience is the invisible witness, the ever-present inner judge that pricks us when we deviate from Dharma. It sends its own signals—subtle, inevitable—returning to us as karmic consequences.
Some may hijack goodwill and movements—whether it is Arvind Kejriwal attempting to appropriate the moral force of Anna Hazare’s fast, or self-styled activists piggybacking on the reputations of better men. But karma eventually boomerangs. It returns as investigation, exposure, and accountability—whether through the Enforcement Directorate, the EOW, or through the invisible justice of time.
Modern science states energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Bharat Dharma adds the essential truth—this energy, carrying the imprint of our karma, travels with us and shapes our next creation, our next birth. It is this philosophical foundation that distinguishes Bharat’s spirituality from imported ideologies rooted merely in dogma or power.
A Global Order Built on Illusions
The world’s oldest democracies have perfected a deceptive system—soft on the surface, treacherous at the molecular level. Soros-style networks and radical fundamentalist structures have embedded themselves like microscopic threads woven through global institutions. They act as disguised instruments of capitalist imperialism, sugar-coated for easy consumption.
Against this backdrop, India’s civilizational foundation stands unique. It is Bharat Dharma that protects society from being swallowed by these global power matrices.
Remembering Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Through an Unvarnished Lens
It is fashionable to speak selectively of Gandhi, yet inconvenient truths often remain hidden under political carpets. We cannot ignore that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi overshadowed genuine nationalists like Sardar Patel and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose through a carefully cultivated moral aura.
Historically, Gandhi’s image-building often preceded his actual leadership. His early failures as a lawyer in Bombay, his imitation of European mannerisms during his London years, and his accidental rise to prominence in South Africa are rarely discussed honestly. His much-celebrated struggle began after being thrown off a first-class train—not merely out of personal insult but from a desire to assert leadership.
Yet, the same Gandhi who mobilized people also made questionable decisions:
– He called for strikes and then personally violated them.
– He insisted Netaji resign despite being democratically elected.
– His insistence on Ahimsa often translated into passivity, weakening resistance against British cruelty.
– His silence or inability to prevent the executions of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru remains a deep wound in national memory.
These contradictions between mirage and reality form the crux of why so many Indians today re-examine Gandhi not as a saint but as a complex political figure groomed and favored by the British for their own strategic purposes.
The Gandhi-Nehru Legacy of Confusion
Even the family names in post-Independence India reflect political appropriation. Traditionally, men carry their father’s name as prefix and women as a suffix until marriage. By that logic, Indira should have remained Indira Nehru, and after marriage, Indira Khan. How she became Indira Gandhi remains an unanswered puzzle—an early example of political rebranding. The subsequent so-called “Gandhis” of Indian politics inherited a surname carefully crafted to mislead voters rather than reflect lineage.
This political hijacking of goodwill continues even today. Leaders who try to project India as a “dead economy” do so to satisfy foreign masters, ignoring the aspirations of 140 crore Indians.
The Forgotten Link Between Duty and Dharma
Our Constitution outlines Fundamental Duties for all citizens. But in practice, a selective morality prevails—some follow strict discipline (DSR), while others indulge in performative Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) without meaningful accountability. To correct this imbalance, India urgently needs a Quarterly Digital Compliance Declaration for every individual and organisation involved in the public distribution of goods and services.
Similarly, many vital audit objections raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) have been buried through Joint Parliamentary Committees, reducing the CAG to a mere Auditor General with no real powers of control.
Our 140 Crore Minds: India’s True Superpower
India is not a nation of 140 crore people—it is a nation of 140 crore constructive brains with civilizational memory stretching thousands of years. To realize this potential, education must reconnect with traditional aptitude-driven learning. We need:
– Multiple school shifts where necessary,
– Industry-linked internships under the Apprentices Act,
– A new digital compliance framework (QDCD),
– And the inclusion of these reforms in the 2027 Union Budget.
This is essential because modern challenges are not just military. An S-400 missile shield or BrahMos cannot stop intellectual subversion, radical radicalisation networks, or the psychological warfare unleashed by global forces who wish to destabilise societies from within.
The Final Truth
Strip away Bharat Dharma—the philosophy, the conscience, the spiritual-ethical compass—and the world becomes a wild forest. A place where the powerful prey on the weak, where illusion masquerades as truth, and where moral confusion reigns unchecked. Bharat Dharma is not merely a cultural inheritance—it is humanity’s last lighthouse in an age overwhelmed by mirages.
