Bharat Kumar Shah is over eighty four years of age - active, strong and agile in what he has to say, or, do. The octogenarian with the flame of a wand replies crisply to my query on how our world is taking shape. He elaborates on his apprehensions by stating, 'Smaj Pratha - social values are disappearing. Family values are zero. Self and selfishness is increasing. Our own culture, our own language - they are losing importance. This is my worry. People who lose their language and culture are finished. What I'm saying is true. We are passing through a change an upheaval out of which a different type of a society is coming out. For instance, our Vedic values for the Indians are disappearing throughout the world. Western systems, western ways are overtaking our society.'