Vasudaiva Kutumbakam – One Earth, One Family, One Future

Abstract

India is a civilization, not just a country, nation or government. At a time when the world is grappling with pandemics, wars, energy and climate crises, India assuming the leadership of G20 and restricting resources is appropriate not only politically economically but also socially and culturally. COVID-19 proved that the incredibly diverse world is too complex to be reduced to a utopian framework – a one size fits all idea. However, the fact is that COVID-19 may have only highlighted a crisis that dates back to the latter half of the last century and extends to the present. India's leadership in the G20 is therefore a window of opportunity for a more sustainable worldview because the ideas are coming from a civilization with a long history of accepting the entire world as one family - Vasudaiva Kutumbakam.