Thursday, 15 January 2026

Article - Democracy as Natya: Toward civilisational renewal - Rohit Viswanath

Democracy today is outwardly ritualised, yet inwardly hollow.

When seen only as procedure, Democracy risks becoming a Nāṭya without rasa. Yet Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra reminds us that Nāṭya is not mere spectacle but a mirror of life, a fifth Veda meant to harmonise society through Dharma and aesthetic experience.

If politics is reframed as poetry, and governance as dramaturgy, then citizenship itself becomes a sādhanā: a disciplined participation in the cosmic drama.

In this vision, the sabhā of world affairs is not a battleground of interests, but a stage where harmony, wisdom, and responsibility are enacted as Dhārmic roles. 

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