In India, dharma doesn't mean just rites-rituals and acts of worship. Because, for Indians every work of life is an act of worship. Whatever we do, we must make sure that that work doesn't hamper existence and furtherance(growth) of ourselves and any other person. Anything which seems good for me but bad for others CANNOT be good for me. Hence, that is against Dharma.
So, Government, politics, economics, education, indusrty and everything must be according to Dharma ( the priciples of life & grwoth).
Then, how can be Dharma and politics or Dharma or anthing be separate ? We talk about sepearating Politics from Dharma, because we use the concept of religion (where religion just means rites & rituals). Even if we include the concept of God, Indian tradition doesn't view God as some separate entity sitting in the sky !!! Our concept of God is that whatever is there, physical or non-physical, is a manifestation of God. "Rupam Rupam Pratirupo babhuva:-Rigveda... " All forms are HIS reflections"! Put simply, God in India means that which is the ultimate building block of the creation. Thus, all laws whcich are as per Nature are "dharmik". The rest are adharmik.( Cont>>
