Acharya Prashant explains that India has been a nation throughout its history because of its Vedantic foundation. He states that the values that come from Vedanta lie at the base of the Indian nation, though he understands it might be risky for most people to acknowledge this. He argues that youngsters today have only a shallow relationship with the nation because they are not familiar with these underlying Vedantic values. For practical purposes, they will remain Indians with passports and jerseys, but their connection is superficial. When asked what it means to be Indian, people often resort to icons of Indian culture like masala dosa, Bollywood, or Bhangra. The speaker finds it horrifying that there is very little beyond these things to express what India means. He questions how one can fall in love with such superficial images. The issue is that people do not know what India truly stands for. To love something, it must be sublime, sacred, and worth worshipping. The speaker asserts that the present generation has been deliberately starved of the essence of India, which is spiritual and rooted in Vedanta. This disconnect leads to a loss of identity, with people being Indian only by name or passport and feeling ashamed of their identity, adopting foreign personas. The speaker emphasizes that the identity of India and the root of the Indian nation are essentially spiritual. He calls for a true nationalism founded on the truly Indian values enshrined in Vedanta, which are expansive, uplifting, and enriching. This is contrasted with the shallow, exclusive, and narrow-minded nationalism that has led to world wars. As long as the youth remain in touch with the essence of the nation, which is Vedanta, the nation will stay safe. If they lose touch, the nation will start to lose its inner security and decay, regardless of external protections like the army and technology.