India’s epics are not just stories — they are a living epistemological system that modern education has systematically failed to transmit. This foundational talk from Udbhava Foundation charts a mission to change that.The speaker articulates the deep crisis in how Itihas, Darshana, and Shastra are taught — reduced to subject categories rather than lived frameworks. He discusses the effort to create a new class of rooted scholars who understand texts like the Ramayana and Mahabharata not through Western academic lenses but through their own internal logic. The Sammana Sabha, Udbhava’s initiative to honour dharmic scholars, and plans for accessible 50-page introductory texts aimed at ordinary Indians are highlighted as concrete steps in this civilisational rebuilding.A rallying call for educators, parents, and cultural workers to reclaim India’s epic tradition not as mythology, but as a complete system of knowledge and living.

About the Speakers:
Pawan Gupta is an educationist and co-founder of Society for Integrated Development of the Himalayas (SIDH), known for advancing value-based, community-rooted education in rural India.
Veeranarayana N. K. Pandurangi is a Sanskrit scholar and Principal at Karnataka Sanskrit University, known for his contributions to Sanskrit studies and traditional Indian knowledge systems.
Manjunath Beliraya(Moderator) is a teacher and co-founder of Udhbhavaha, known for promoting holistic, values-based learning and thoughtful discussion facilitation.