Last day, a thought came in my mind-how many people have actually got converted since I had been discussing about decolonization, academic imperialism, indigenous education etc. And answer was none (zero).

Suddenly, I felt happy and rejoiced. And rephrased the question for myself. How much have I been able to make myself Bhartiya (or hindu). On a continuum between adharm and dharm, where was I? Have I been able to make effort to move towards dharm ( swa-dharm)? Answer was yes. I felt this is real meaning of Bhartiyata.

At the same time the credit goes also to the people who highlighted that the attack on Hinduism is like never before…if we do not stand up today…there will be no Hindu left, its philosophy is under threat. Stop people from getting converted, run campaigns for ghar wapasi…etc

To a person who is concerned about these issues, at the first go in initial phase after having awareness of the global scenario, seems very pacifying. It brings some psychological ease.

Then there are two routes either joins these movements of “hindu banao” – “hindu bachao”. The person sees the orator / authors who brought these issues up as ideal. They try to become one at their homes, in society, families, cities, states etc whatever their reach is. This is itself a christianity or churchianity.

I consider myself fortunate that somehow the people near me with whom these discussions are being done helped me to realize that andolan is intrinsic. Hence, i focused on becoming Bharat (hindu) rather than making Bharat (hindu).