India, Aug. 16 -- Bal Gangadhar Tilak's "Shrimadh Bhagavad Gita Rahasya", composed during his imprisonment in Mandalay between 1908 and 1914, was not just an act of personal intellectual labour but an urgent intervention for the rejuvenation of the Bharatiya consciousness. Tilak believed that freedom for India could not be secured solely through political struggle or constitutional reform, but a side-by-side reawakening of the civilisational mind was essential. In such a sense, for Tilak, the Bhagavad Gita had an essential role. It was not a relic to be worshipped from a distance, but a text to be lived, a manual for purposeful action, ethical clarity, and service to the larger community.

At the heart of "Gita Rahasya" lies his bold rein...