Introduction
There is a famous Upanishad story where Nachiketa goes to all extremes to find out the truth. In his pursuit he is not deterred by any impediment. As an enquirer he stands face to face with Yama, the God of death and shoots his questions. Yama is ultimately forced reveal all spiritual secrets of universe as the young Nachiketa won't relent. This incident quoted from the 'Shruti" of Vedic tradition is the most appropriate to create a ground for dispassionate inquiry about self, our country, our civilization. There are no roads that should be left untraveled or no proverbial stone that should be left unturned. The history of Indian civilization is of grand twists and turns. An eternal flowing river from Himalayas to the Indian Ocean. Whatever be the compulsions of contemporary existence, the spirit of Nachiketa is akin to a Himalayan glacier which is perennial source of what we call the flow of our civilization. The unhindered uninhibited inquiry is what keeps the water af...