There is a fundamental difference between the Hindu System of Philosophical Inquiry and the post-Christian intellectual milieu of the West. Confounding the two has been one of the greatest obstacles to decolonising the contemporary Hindu psyche.
Maharshi Valmiki has given us a timeless raw material in his Vasistha-Visvamitra story. A contrast with Leo Tolstoy's popular fable shows a clear contrast between Bharatavarsha and the Christian West.
