“Why Hindus Must Relearn the Art of Knowing Themselves — and Their Enemies (A Wake-Up Call for Hindu Civilization)”, India Fact, November 15, 2025
“In Swayambodha and Shatrubodha: Hindu View of Self and the World, scholar-thinker Pankaj Saxena presents a profound civilizational analysis of Hindu selfhood and its adversaries. Moving beyond politics and polemics, the book explores how true decolonization must begin within — through swayambodha (knowledge of the Self) and shatrubodha (awareness of hostile forces). This review examines Saxena’s call for intellectual sovereignty and spiritual clarity in reclaiming the Hindu worldview.
A Groundbreaking Work for Our Times
Pankaj Saxena’s book is a courageous intellectual intervention. At a time when Hindu society faces an intense civilizational battle — both external and internal — this work invites us to rediscover the foundations of Hindu thought.
The book explores two concepts: swayambodha (the knowledge of the Self) and shatrubodha (the knowledge of the enemy). These are not merely abstract categories but twin pillars of survival and renewal for a civilization that once defined human spirituality and now struggles under layers of colonial, Marxist, and modernist distortions…….”
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