India’s vision can guide global unity: RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale

WASHINGTON: RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale outlined a civilisational vision of India rooted in unity, diversity and sustainability, arguing that the country is positioned to play a decisive role in shaping a more harmonious global order.

Addressing an exclusive dinner reception on “India’s Global Vision and Role in the Emerging World” in Washington, Hosabale said India’s philosophical traditions offer a framework to address modern global challenges, from social fragmentation to environmental stress.

 “The vision of India… is that there is a oneness of unity and the oneness is present in all being, living and non-living,” he said, stressing that this idea forms the basis of India’s worldview.

He argued that while humanity has made material progress, it faces deep contradictions. “We have multiplied our possessions, but our values… we have not,” he said, describing a world with “more knowledge, but less judgment… more experts, but more problems.”

Hosabale said India’s approach differs in its attempt to balance material advancement with spiritual understanding. “India philosophy being that recognises nature as mother… enough for our need… but not to fulfil our greed,” he said, linking traditional thought to contemporary debates on sustainability.

He emphasised that diversity should be a strength, not a source of conflict. “Diversity should be celebrating… the beauty of human society,” he said, adding that cultural uniqueness must coexist with a broader sense of unity.

Expanding on the idea of global harmony, Hosabale said human society has long experimented with faith and relationships at multiple levels — “human to human… human being and nature… and the human being and the creator” — but stressed that these paths ultimately lead to a common truth. “The truth is one, and there will be many ways to approach,” he said. Framing India’s global role, Hosabale said the country’s civilisational experience supports the idea of a shared human future. “When India say the world is one family, it says it from some experience of practice,” he said, pointing to historical examples of religious communities living peacefully in India.

He added that India’s rise must be anchored in internal strength. “If India has to play that role, India has to be a self-confident, prosperous society,” he said, underlining the need to combine “modernity” with “cultural ethos and civilisation values.”(IANS)

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