'Bharatiyata' only solution to all problems world facing today: RSS chief Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) exhorted people to imbibe ‘Indianness’ and show the world the answers to all problems it is facing.

Addressing an event here, Mr. Bhagwat said the world is facing a plethora of problems due to materialism and now looking up to Bharat for answers as all the efforts taken over the past 2000 years to bring happiness and contentment in people’s lives based on Western ideas have failed.

All the advancements in the field of science and economic progress in the world brought things of luxury and eased people’s lives but could not end sorrow, he said.

“Exploitation increased, poverty increased. The gap between the poor and the rich kept increasing day by day,” Mr. Bhagwat said at the event jointly organised by IGNOU and Akhil Bharatiya Anuvrat Nyas.

“After the first world war, several books were written advocating peace, a league of nations was formed so that there is no war again in future but the World War II broke out. After the second world war, UNO was formed. But we are (today) thinking if there will be a third world war,” he added.

Bhagwat said ‘Bharatiyata’ (Indianness) is the only solution to all the problems the world is facing today.

“What does it mean to be of Bharat? Bharatiyata is not citizenship. Of course, citizenship is required. But, one has to have Bharat’s 'swabhav' (nature) to belong to Bharat. Bharat’s ‘swabhav’ thinks about the whole life. There are four 'Purusharth' (four goals in Hindu philosophy)...'moksha' (liberation) is ultimate goal of life,” he said.

Bharat’s nature is based on ‘dharma drishti' (vision), Mr. Bhagwat said.

It is due to this discipline of dharma, Bharat was once the most prosperous nation and the world knows it, he said.

“That’s why the world looks up to Bharat, hoping that it will show a new path to them. We have to show the path to the world. For this, we have to prepare our ‘rashtra’ (nation), starting with ourselves and our family,” Mr. Bhagwat said. “See if we are following our ‘drishti’ (vision) in our daily life or not, and make amends,” he added.

Exhorting the gathering to “gear up” for transformation, Mr. Bhagwat said, “The history that we know is taught by the West. I am hearing that some changes are being made in the syllabus in our country”.

“For them, Bharat does not exist. It appears in the world map, but not in their thoughts. If you look at books, you will find China, Japan, not Bharat,” he added.