Fuelling this intellectual dullness is the inferiority complex of the Nepali Hindu vis-a-vis their more enlightened Hindu cousins across the border in India. For Nepali Hindus, despite the undeniable contributions to and preservation of Sanatan Dharma’s rich heritage, see themselves only as a passive receiver of knowledge and culture. It is this failure to even voice their share in the gifts of the Hinduism that allows many in India, the West, and even Nepal to use India as an appropriate synonym for all things Hindu. Yoga becomes “India’s gift to humanity”, and Hindu philosophy becomes “Indian philosophy”. While the Hindus in India make the argument that there is a major overlap between Hinduness and Indianness, the Hindu political right in Nepal is hesitant to make a similar argument of the overlap between Nepaliness and Hinduness.