If Hindus take the lead in India then the other groups will follow. If Hindus have to wait for the approval of all minorities, they will never get anything done. For Hindus to truly lead they must not act as nominal Hindus but as true Bharatiyas, representatives of Dharma. This requires a development of character and a projection of real leaders, and, perhaps above all, an ability to face the criticism of the rest of the world, which will not be happy to have to deal with a Hindu or a Dharmic presence that is bound to challenge much of what goes on in this commercial age. 

Hindus must become confident, assertive, educated, informed and willing to respond quickly to all distortions against them, but remain kind, tolerant and flexible and project higher models of culture and spirituality for the rest of the world to follow. This is the challenge for Bharat to truly reemerge, to restore Dharma without weakness or rigidity, without accommodation or appeasement. These are the themes that we will examine and expand upon in the following chapters.

"May the spirit of Bharata Mata awaken in all who read these pages!"

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