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Hindus, including Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists today are much more depressed and pessimistic than Arjun – who amidst mighty armies of Kauravas and Pandavas, in the battlefield at Kurukshetra, refused to fight those who had perpetrated cruelties for long time, on his family in spite of Lord Krishna’s intervention. One reason for this is that today Hindus do not have someone like Lord Krishna who can guide them with a clear message of the Geeta, “Shed your cowardice : do not yield to injustice : stand up : perform your duty, your Dharma and fight for justice. Killing Asuri and adharmic people is no sin. Perform your karmas and surrender them to me”. Pravachans by our Acharyas on TV (media) and in shivars all over the country give a feeling of opium making Hindus more and more docile, submissive and tolerant towards cruelties on their lives, places of worship and properties. Stress in most pravachans is on moksh, detachment, forgiveness and love for all. This makes Hindus more and more selfish, self-centered and tolerant to even the most heinous crimes. Hindus pent up feelings arise very rarely in a commutative mass reaction, like demolition of a disputed structure, a symbol of shame at Ayodhya and burning alive of about 40 pilgrims at Godhra in Gujarat. India is a young nation and vast majority of intelligent and talented youngsters, want a vibrant life. It is difficult to attract them to pravachans which make us submissive, coward and passive. Media in TV, magazines, newspapers, globalization and live pastures offer better attraction. How to motivate young spiritually, the future of India as per Swami Vivekananda is a great challenge, which our Acharyas should face. Orientation in their pravachans is urgently called for. At the Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893, Swami Vivekananda cried in anguish, “If Hindus dig all the dirt from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and throw it on your face, then it will be only a small speck compared to what the missionaries have done to our religion and culture. Today, after six decades of India’s partition in 1947, losing about 1/3rd of our country, we are facing a bigger challenge. Sacrilege and cruelties in truncated India on Hindus including Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains can fill pages, putting to shame any one who has courage and self-respect. Swami Vivekananda pleaded strongly for a blend of our spiritualism with the West’s scientific temper which today’s pravachans sadly lack. Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame. Einstein also echoed Swami Vivekananda’s sentiments. Swami Vivekananda also stated that India too much of religion while need was for help to the poor and the downtrodden called Dalits. You cannot feed hungry stomachs and save religion by merely chanting mantras. Today we find too much of religions in the form of moksh – tyag etc, though the need is for a clear message of the Geeta. As per Sri Aurobindo - a forgotten giant of India’s Independence - the root cause of Hindus present passive attitude is the Non-Violence advocated by the Gandhian philosophy. Non-Violence is not a Vedic concept as this does more harm if our dharna, sacred places, life and property cannot be protected. Terrorists have no respect for Non-Violence as this is treated by them as cowardice. Gods do not want cowards as devotees. They bless the patriots who fight with a sense of honour. By making Ahinsa as a way of life, Hindus have made themselves a tempting target for any aggressor. This is not a religious virtue but a sign of profanity and shameless exercise to enshrine a most despicable vice as a splendid virtue. The nation which loses its nerve to defend its honour becomes a football to be played with by every Tom, Dick and Harry. In ancient India many kings were Rajrishis and had respected Acharyas in their courts for guidance to ensure justice and protection to all citizens. With the onset of democracy, a product of the French Revolution, the world wide mantra for democratic rule, in-built in Hinduism, is no doubt a commendable political process. But where the voters are poor and illiterate, they become a vote-bank of vested interests who exploit them and consequently harm the entire nation, as 51 fools can rule the 49 wise people European countries adopted secularism to separate their Governments from the influence of Roman (Vatican) Catholic Popes. They and the USA follow three basic postulates of secularism, viz (i) non-discrimination between citizens on the basis of religion or way of worship (ii) uniform law for all citizens and (iii) equality of all citizens before the law. Secularism does not conflict with our Sanatana Dharama concepts but none of the Islamic countries accepts secularism. Islam, essentially an Arab National Political Movement, does not allow any dissent or discussion or analysis. Secularism, being devoid of religion, means “Kafir”. Muslims in non-Muslim countries demand secularism, democracy and human rights but do not allow such freedom to non-Muslims in their countries. These privileges must be made reciprocal at international level. Citizens of Muslim majority countries denying reciprocal privileges also should be debarred of such freedom. The worst hit are Hindus, including all non-Muslims with their vast majority, as India neither has a constitution on secular postulates, nor our Rulers give similar non-discriminatory treatment to all citizens. Muslims are out right gainers and enjoy special privileges on the plea of poverty and backwardness which are in-built in Islam. Hindus have been further divided and sub-divided on the basis of caste, economics, literacy etc. Why are the poor illiterates and backwards called dalits and prevented to worship in the temples at some places. The Pandits and the upper castes should be publically penalized for such conduct. Hinduism believes there is divinity in every individual, irrespective of birth, status and karma. Even after 60 years of India’s independence, we have the World’s largest population below the poverty line. Instead of removing poverty and illiteracy, our perverted and selfish politicians use them as vote-banks. Our big ray of hope, we can see is in our Acharyas, if they individually or jointly take up the challenge. If they hesitate, what worth will be dharma, if the country does not survive. The writing is there on the wall. We can only plead and appeal to our Acharyas and all other right thinking and concerned citizens. 1. Issued by National- forum in the National Interest. 2. 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