When Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh proclaimed that an Indian would announce Viksit Bharat 2047 from the surface of the Moon in 2040, he was not merely speaking as a technocrat. He was articulating the dream of a civilisation that has endured centuries of colonial humiliation and is now reclaiming its rightful place among the great powers of the world. The symbolism is unmistakable: Bharat, once reduced to poverty by colonial plunder, will stand tall on the Moon and tell the world that its civilisational rise is complete.

For long, India’s scientific achievements were downplayed by the Nehruvian socialist model that saw space as a niche pursuit, disconnected from national pride. Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and with the ideological backbone of the RSS vision of cultural nationalism, space exploration has become inseparable from the idea of Viksit Bharat. It is no coincidence that Modi declared August 23, the day Chandrayaan-3 made India the first to land near the Moon’s south pole, as National Space Day. Space is not just about science; it is about civilisational assertion.

From Aryabhatta To Viksit Bharat: A Hindu Civilisational Journey

India’s space journey is not a post-independence miracle alone; it is the continuation of a civilisational quest. Our ancestors gave the world astronomy, mathematics, and cosmology. Aryabhatta calculated planetary motions, Bhaskaracharya anticipated the principles of gravity centuries before Newton, and the Vedas themselves spoke of multiple worlds and cosmic order.

The RSS has long emphasised that Bharat’s rise in modern times is not an imitation of the West but a revival of its ancient strengths. That is why the theme........

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