An Obscure 120-Year-Old Whitepaper on Introducing Sanatana Education in Indian Schools

At the height of British colonial rule in 1902, a fine Hindu thinker, Sri Sundararaman authored this brilliant essay for introducing Sanatana education in our schools to combat Bible "education."

OUR ONGOING RESEARCHES in the area of Indian education have yielded a rather remarkable essay published in April 1902 that we unearthed from our archives. In the contemporary idiom, the essay is akin to a white paper. Its primary focus is to usher in what the author calls “religious education” in schools. As you will read, what the author, Sri Sundaram,…