Nationalism as a creed is often a pernicious one as evidenced in the two great wars of the 20th century but suits the Indian narrative fine.
Without the nucleus of nationalism India will not have a cohesive identity that will secure her sovereignty and instil pride in her citizens.
The Hindu philosophy is universal, yet it is inclusive of nationalism as an integral part of the spiritual unfolding of its adherents.
Nationalism need not be petty or geographically divisive and self-centred. It is a necessary stage of the socio-political evolutionary process.
The nation must have a narrative. Hinduism provides that age-old philosophical basis to her life-story. We have to rediscover our roots.
The Constitution of India is our modern Smriti Shastra. Swami Vivekananda was much insistent on the rewriting of the Smritis to suit modern times.
Nationalism as understood in India traditionally is universal in its scope and will never be parochial and violently so. Let peace prevail.
The masses must be raised. Nationalism must not sell into the hands of a few capitalists the fate of a billion. The nation belongs to all.
The drainage of wealth upwards into the coffers of the top 1%, denuding the remaining 99% and reducing them to poverty, is not true nationalism.
Being verbose is good but delivery on promises made to the people is better for in it lies the moral fibre and the character of a leader.
Few, alas! understand that the nation, despite its tall pretensions of development and progress, is slowly sliding into a catastrophic class-conflict.
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