Thread by @vakibs

Interesting thread. But I think I am more of an optimist than Śrīkānta. There is also a greater study of the various Śāstras and Hindu value systems happening now. Such people might be a minority, but their numbers have increased. Digital tech also increased the means to do this.

https://twitter.com/shrikanth_krish/status/1436790774151192577

I think political Hinduness is just a phase, a kind of an awakening by the global discourse, which is decisively Hinduphobic. People get annoyed and agitate for a bit. In a previous era, they would have suffered quietly. But not in a rising economy and with democratized media.

I think the importance of political Hinduness is overblown. It is the deeper awakening that is necessary for anybody to make a longer term impact. For this, a systematic practice (Sādhana) and dedication are a must. I think the number of people able to do this has increased now.

I think @nkgrock said this most clearly, anybody who is serious about making an impact must transition from a “political Hindu” to a “cultural Hindu”. Sādhana and Śraddhā are needed. Why should anything be so easy?

Personally, I would mark the tipping point when a majority of such reawakened thinkers choose to express themselves in Indic languages instead of in English, though they may be very comfortable in English. They would make the shift because they sense the inadequacies of English.

I don’t think we are yet close to that tipping point. It will still take a long time, perhaps a decade. This situation had even developed like this because Indic languages were cast as anti-modern, divorcing technical education from them. The situation is correcting only now.