The Dharma Dispatch

Illustration of the Ramayana
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
A.K. Ramanujan's infamous essay "300 Ramayanas," was a deliberate fabrication to rob Maharshi Valmiki's authorship of the Sanskrit original
The Ideal Guru and the Ideal Shishya in the Medieval Tamil Desham
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
Using a series of superb analogies, the medieval Tamil educationist Pavanandi exposits the qualifications of a good teacher and a good pupil and vice versa. These prescriptions are not only timeless b ...
Rama Sita in the Forest
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
4 min read
As long as our emotions remain relevant to us, the Rāmāyaṇa will remain in currency. Sri Rama was truly the national integrator. He belonged to the Sūrya-vaṃśa and just as the world cannot exist witho ...
Bengali Arrack and Bouleponge: A Glimpse into the Savage Lifestyle of European Naval Merchants and their Crew in the 17th Century Mughal Empire
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
A brief history of the liquor industry in the 17th Century Mughal Empire and its interactions with the European trading merchants reveals a rather stark picture
Illustration of the Telugu Poet Srinatha engaged in a debate
By
Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
3 min read
Read the thrilling tale of how Srinatha won the epithet, Kavisarvabhauma or the Emperor of Poets
A typical Brahmin who lived in our villages
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago
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