VEER SAVARKAR ON PRESERVATION OF CULTURE

THE TRUE MEANING OF PRESERVING CULTURE IS NOT TO REPEAT ALL THE CONTRADICTORY PRACTICES THAT SEEMED “CULTURAL” ACCORDING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TIME, BUT TO CONTINUE THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE USELESS OR PERVERSE TODAY.

THE ORTHODOX RELIGION OF THE VEDIC PERIOD TODAY IN THE DIVINE LIGHT OF SCIENCE SEEMS TO BE PLAGUED BY ANTI-SOCIAL GERMS. EVIL PRACTICES SHOULD BE BROKEN WITHOUT BREAKING THAT NORM IN TODAY’S CULTURE. SO WHETHER IT WAS AFFORDABLE TO THE ANCIENT PEOPLE OR NOT, WHETHER IT WAS CULTURAL OR NOT. WHAT IS IT THAT PROUDLY PROTECTS CULTURE, AS IT IS TODAY, WHICH BENEFITS THE HUMANITY.

THE PRACTICES IN ANCIENT TIMES WHICH ARE STILL EXCELLENT, SUBLIME, EXPECTED, MODERN AND ENLIGHTENED TODAY, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS CULTURAL. PROTECTING THOSE PRACTICES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS CULTURAL PRESERVATION. IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT ANCIENT CULTURE BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE THINGS WHICH DON’T FIT IN THIS ERA.

CULTURE DEVELOPMENT IS A DUTY BEYOND THE DUTY OF PROTECTING THAT CULTURE. WHAT SEEMS CULTURAL EVEN IN TODAY’S SCIENCE OF ANTIQUITY WILL NOT WORK AS LONG AS YOU DON’T INCLUDE TRUTH AND FACTS AND NOT DEVELOP OR FULFILL YOUR CULTURE. THIS IS YOUR MAIN DUTY! ABANDONING ANY OBSTACLE IN THIS IS THE PRESERVATION OF CULTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE.

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