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the ways of doing this is by interpreting Rakshabandhan as
solidarity in society.

Intense Self-Confidence

In the face of the forces that are bent on dividing our society,
we shall have to proceed with immense patience and intense
self-confidence. Our nation possesses enormous spiritual
strength which is capable of vanquishing disruptive forces and
establishing harmony. The only thing to be done is to awaken a
faith in this spiritual strength.

Those who have always wanted us to be dominated by
Western influences will now have to accept the decline of the
West. Our glorious culture has seen many peaks and troughs
and has emerged strong enough to face any challenge in the
future. The Western philosopher William Johns exalts the glory
of Indian culture in a metaphorical poem. Roughly translated it
says, “Someone who has seen the harsh sunlight drying up every
trace of greenery would perhaps doubt if he will ever be able to
see it again. But the arrival of the rains and the first drops of
water transform the desolation into a green paradise once
again.” Our culture is equally fertile and resilient; its inner
strength inexhaustible.

A Society Devoid of Inequality

Many things happen in our social life. There are some faults
in our direction of thinking, our principles of imaginations of
social life, our statement of scripture. We cannot afford to sit
and curse entrapping in illusions. The Vedas, the Upanishads,
the Shrutis, the Smritis, the Puranas all of them have been guides
for society at currant.

Dr. Babasaheb proved that untouchability was not there in
Vedic period, Upnishad period, or Manusmriti period. In
creation of the Vedic riches, the contribution of the Brahmin, the
Vaishya, the Kshatriya and the Shudra was equal. The creation of
the best Gayatri Mantra is of non-Brahmin. He has written that
in the age of Manusmriti society guilty man was boycotted by
the society, Brahmin were also not an exception.