What happens when an ancient civilization like Bharat (Hindu civilization) forgets her stories - the people become target for conversion...

Have you ever wondered what happens when an ancient civilization like Bharat (Hindu Civilization) forgets her stories? We become the targets for conversion. Conversion - then becomes not merely a religious event, but a civilizational consequence.

In search of WhoAmI...

Stories are not entertainment — they are civilizational memory

In Bharatiya civilization, Itihāsa–Purāṇa were never “mythology” in the Western sense. They served as:

• Moral frameworks (Dharma vs Adharma)

• Identity anchors (Who am I? Where do I belong?)

• Cognitive maps for life decisions

• Transmission of values across generations

When these stories are forgotten:

• People lose context

• Values become abstract rules instead of lived wisdom

• Identity becomes fragile

A civilization without stories becomes amnesic.

And Bharat Mata without her stories of strength and resilience appears meek and feeble.

Forgetting stories creates a vacuum — conversion fills vacuums

Human beings cannot live without meaning.

When indigenous narratives weaken:

• External narratives rush in

• Conversion offers:

  • Clear identity (“you belong here”)

  • Simple moral binaries

  • Strong community reinforcement

  • Certainty instead of inquiry

Conversion often succeeds not because the new faith is superior, but because the old one stopped being transmitted with confidence.

Colonial rupture: the break in storytelling continuity...

One of the deepest root causes:

a) Delegitimization of native knowledge

• Stories labelled as “myths”, “superstition”

• Western historical standards imposed on oral traditions

• Sanskrit knowledge restricted to academia or ritual specialists

b) Education divorced from civilizational roots

• Children learn Newton, not Aryabhata

• Learn Greek philosophy, not Upanishadic inquiry

• Learn Western heroes, not Bharatiya exemplars

Result:
A child grows up educated but unrooted.

Reduction of Dharma to ritual

Another critical failure:

• Dharma reduced to:

  • Temple visits

  • Festivals without meaning

  • Mechanical rituals

But Dharma is:

• Ethics

• Cosmology

• Psychology

• Ecology

• Governance

• Personal responsibility

When Dharma is not explained as a way of life, people seek a belief system instead.

Forgetting stories = losing immunity

Stories act like civilizational antibodies.

Ramayana teaches:

• Ideal relationships

• Sacrifice without resentment

• Moral complexity

Mahabharata teaches:

• Ambiguity of Dharma

• Power, politics, and ethical dilemmas

• Consequences of action (karma)

Upanishads teach:

• Self-inquiry over blind belief

Without these, people become vulnerable to:

• Dogma

• Absolutism

• Imported moral frameworks unsuited to local realities

So... is there any Hindu listening?

We must go back to our original source of knowledge. Our Gita... our Ramayana... and our MahaBharata... our Vedas... Our Upanishads...

We must revive our Sanskrit language.

The TIME is NOW...

No more dilly dally ... please...

We, as a progeny of such a vast knowledge base, must not forget that 

A people who forget their stories will borrow someone else’s—and live inside it.