One of the best ways to gauge the importance and vitality of the awe-inspiring heritage of an India before secularism is to observe what continues to be attacked the most in an India under secularism. In no particular order, the Vedas, Ramayana, and Mahabharata continue to face the severest brunt. The temple tradition (and everything associated with it) is dismissed as a conspiracy of the upper “castes.” Sanskrit literature is derided as outdated, elitist, oppressive and useless.
