<h1>National development driven by the balanced triad of knowledge, action and devotion emphasizes unity and cultural resilience.</h1> India's development is ascribed to adherence to the traditional triad of knowledge, action, and devotion as the principal driver of progress and social cohesion, with unity rooted in mutual belonging and the complementarity of thought and practice; cultural reverence for nature and faith grounded in direct perception were presented as distinctive societal features contrasted with a global ethic of individual competition, and these themes were articulated at a book-release event inspired by circumambulation of the Narmada.