Defining Hindutva – A national political approach

After thousands of years of this great Sanathan philosophy it is strange to see that a body supposed to give its ruling on law & order has defined Hindutva (1995 Supreme Court of India). Most strange part of the story is that still the so called intellectuals define Hindutva according to their own convenience and benefits, be it political or religious. I think the time has come that either we do an introspection of this journey of thousands of years and come with true Vedic / Sanathan philosophy or stop boasting about our association with this culture. Reason for this need of introspection is simple, what we see in today’s Hindu culture (not about other religion) is not what has been suggested in our Vedic culture. Once we come close to that Sanathan culture then political, social and cultural unity will become more achievable. Current day Hindutva which allows hundreds of worship methods with their own variations with an intrinsic nature to accept every variation as a way to reach God, should either accept other religious methods also in its fold or move towards the true Vedic philosophy. I think this strength of Hinduism has become its weakness because in order to accommodate every one we have been stretching Hinduism for so many years. This extreme level of accommodation without really judging its validity and authenticity has started doing harm to the oldest civilization, which was there before the beginning of any civilization.

Once we’ll start moving towards the unification in our religious practices, the unification in our cultural, political and social sphere will follow.