Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Two Gen Zs, One Bharat: Author Urges Rooting in Hindutva
A man who writes books and articles wrote an opinion piece on a news website.
In it, he talks to young people in India.
He says young Indians see lots of ideas from other countries on the internet.
He believes those ideas can make them feel ashamed of their own country.
He wants them to feel proud of India's long history instead.
He calls the deep understanding of India's traditions 'Hindutva'.
He says India's culture has survived for a very long time, through many difficult events.
He thinks schools should teach about India's stories, temples, and thinkers.
He says this will help young people feel strong and confident.
He hopes it will help India become a very developed country by the year 2047.
In a News18 op-ed, author Yuvraj Pokharna argues India's Gen Z needs 'civilisational rooting' in Hindutva to counter imported Western identity frameworks.
Pokharna describes Hindutva as the organic civilisational continuum of Bharat, not a modern political ideology or a reaction to the West.
He calls the tension between a confident Bharat narrative and Western campus frameworks 'the central battleground of the next two decades.'
The piece urges restoring civilisational memory in education — temples, epics, and Indic philosophy — rather than 'saffronising' it in a caricatured sense.
Pokharna contrasts Jantar Mantar and Jharkhand protests and links rootedness to meeting the 'Viksit Bharat by 2047' deadline.
- Who
- Yuvraj Pokharna, a Surat-based educator, columnist, social activist and author of 'Hindutva for Gen Z'; the essay addresses India's Gen Z.
- What
- An opinion piece arguing that India's Gen Z should choose 'civilisational rooting' in Hindutva over imported Western identity frameworks.
- When
- Published on August 09, 2026, at 06:02 IST.
- Where
- Published on the Indian news site News18; the author is based in Surat, and the article references Jantar Mantar and Jharkhand.
- Why
- To argue that restored civilisational memory prevents 'deracination' and is needed to meet the 'Viksit Bharat by 2047' goal.
Deracinated liberalism and imported frameworks
Civilisational rooting in Hindutva
Framing of Hindutva
Deracinated liberalism and imported frameworks
Hindutva is a modern political ideology invented in the twentieth century and a reaction to the West.
Civilisational rooting in Hindutva
Hindutva is the organic civilisational continuum of Bharat, not a recent political project or a colonial habit of mind.
Education and civilisational memory
Deracinated liberalism and imported frameworks
Education should not be 'saffronised'; imported Western frameworks and critical-theory ideas should shape young Indians' worldview.
Civilisational rooting in Hindutva
Education should restore civilisational memory — temples, epics, and Indic philosophy — as a basic component of intellectual hygiene.
National pride and majoritarianism
Deracinated liberalism and imported frameworks
A narrative sold on campuses and media casts Hindus as victims of an 'oppressive majoritarian system' and turns national pride into 'original sin.'
Civilisational rooting in Hindutva
National pride is self-respect, not majoritarianism; a rooted generation can negotiate with the world as equals.
- Author
- Yuvraj Pokharna
- Publication
- News18
- Published
- August 09, 2026, 06:02 IST
- Series
- Write Mind (Part 2): Two Gen Zs. One Bharat
- Book
- Hindutva for Gen Z
- Author base
- Surat, India
- Contrast examples
- Jantar Mantar vs. Jharkhand protests
- National goal mentioned
- Viksit Bharat by 2047