India, or Bharat, was always a progressive civilisation in its own way. With Sanatan Dharma and the Vedas, there was a deep connection with nature and the sacred. Vedic chants were heard along the pure banks of rivers, and pollution was not even a word in our dictionary. Everything was filled with simplicity and a sense of purity.
Women, too, had their own freedom. They could dress as they wished without the constant pressure of covering themselves with a dupatta. Even during menstruation, there were traditions where women were allowed to rest instead of being expected to cook or clean.
Then came different eras, including the Mughal and colonial periods, and society gradually changed. Patriarchy became deeply rooted, so much so that even women became a part of sustaining patriarchal thinking.
And today, we call ourselves modern. We have all the facilities, technology and freedom we could ask for. Yet somewhere along the way, we have moved towards pseudo-feminism instead of true egalitarianism.
Men and women are both caught in the same corporate race, constantly working, achieving and consuming. A system that is slowly sucking the soul out of us, because everything has become something to sell—people, products, education, lifestyles, even emotions. Everything is marketing.
And the irony is that somewhere within, we know the purpose of the soul. We know there is something beyond all of this, and yet we continue to move further away from it.
(WHY ARE WE SO LOST?)
Lucky to be born in a land like Bharat, and even luckier to be a child of Sanatan Dharma—a way of life that has always remained open to new philosophies, ideas, questions, and perspectives, without restricting the freedom to explore, learn, and seek the truth.
Let's end the आवागमन
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