"India's Only Religion For The Next Decade Should Be Innovation": Vivek Agnihotri

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri speaks to NDTV's Padmaja Joshi about religion, culture, pilgrimage and what he calls India's changing relationship with faith. He questions whether large religious gatherings, rituals and social-media spectacles should be described as a "cultural awakening", and raises concerns over pollution, superstition and the commercialisation of religion. Agnihotri also argues that India's focus for the next decade should be innovation, science and economic growth, saying that a civilisation rooted in inquiry must encourage rational thinking and knowledge.