Article critically analyses Vivekananda's ideas of nationalism & explores the reasons behind the need for a national identity. It argues that, for Vivekananda, India’s spiritual moorings embodied in Vedanta serves as the basis for national identity.

Yogi Aurobindo was in many ways a quintessential Bharatiya Rishi who embodied a revolutionary zeal when his country expected it from him and eventually assumed his destined path of spiritual quest

Shri Ram Madhav's recent book "Because India Comes First: Reflection on Nationalism, Identity and Culture" is a curious compilation of articles written by him in recent times covering broad range of issues from Democracy & its Institutions, Public Discourse & Politics, India's Foreign & Security Affairs etc. The book in a way provides an outlook of a school of thought which Ram Madhav ji calls as "Nationalist School of Thought" on the contemporary political issues. In a special interaction with Akshay Ranade, Founder & Director of Mimamsa Foundation for Indic Studies, Shri Ram Madhav ji discuss various aspects which are central to National & National Identity of India.