“Bharat’s Past, Bharat’s Future: How Public History Can Shape A Civilisational Renaissance”, Swarajya, October 13, 2025
“As India charts its path toward Viksit Bharat 2047, preserving, interpreting, and experiencing historical sites could bridge the gap between the nation’s past and future, creating intellectual, economic, and spiritual growth for generations to come.
As Bharat approaches a century of independence, the Government of India has outlined a roadmap for the nation’s development by the time it reaches this key milestone. This vision is “Viksit Bharat 2047,” which calls for increased development and modernisation, economic self-reliance, and bolstered national security.
Crucially, the Indian government has also recognised that civilisational growth, too, is a key plank of this vision of a developed India. For instance, the Indian Knowledge Systems approach, spearheaded by the Ministry of Education, endeavours to draw on Bharat’s civilisational wisdom in such diverse fields as Ayurveda, Artha Shastra (statecraft), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), and Nyaya (an Indian system of logic), and Yoga, and seamlessly integrate them with modern systems of education……..”
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