It is not unexpected that Judge S. N. Srivastava's observation that Bhagavad Gita should be made the national "Dharma Sastra" evoked sharp reaction from our government that always strives to safeguard its secular
image. The value of the spinach in our back yard is little realized until it is hailed by the western countries.

Bhagavad Gita is replete with moral codes like Thirukkural and is part of Indian ethos but it is studiedly equated with Hindu religion, as it is the song divine by Lord Krishna in Hindu epic Mahabharatha.

As national flag, national anthem, national animal, flower et al, our national "Dharma Sastra" can be Bhagavad Gita that stresses the efficacies of discharging one's ordained duty little bothering about the consequence. 

US senate recently commenced with the recital of Bhagavad Gita. A prominent college in Nevada, US, is all set to offer classes on the Bhagavad Gita and the life experiments and philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.

Warren Hastings when he was the viceroy of India wrote that "It may be that India is lost one day, but England, no mater however small it may become will remain in its pinnacle glory if the lofty ideals of "Bhagavad Gita"
which sprung from India are brought in practice in England.

In some oriental countries too Bhagavad Gita is taught to children to inculcate discipline, character and above all the necessity to discharge duties enjoined on them.

So it goes without saying that Bhagavad Gita, and Thirukkural have no boundaries as they belong to the universe as moral codes applicable any where across the world. These days when dereliction of one's own duty has become a regular practice, the verses from Bhagavad Gita may be broadcast through air.

Bhagavad Gita is the only scripture that stresses the need to be dedicated in one's own duty. "A man devout in his duty, without any attachment, fear or favour, reaches the Supreme" according to Bhagavad Gita.

There is nothing about religious worship, religious tenets, God etc all through the Song-Divine, i.e. Bhagavad Gita the morals of which are universal. Even when Occidental countries take Bhagavad-Gita although sprung
from India, why should we protest?

V. E. Venkataramani.
Bangalore