The Dharma Dispatch

Several famous and popular episodes and stories in the Ramayana are actually interpolations added to the epic over time. This essay unravels some major such episodes using evidence-backed scholarship. ...

Much confusion, debates and distortions have occurred owing to the hundreds of versions and retellings of the Ramayana that have appeared in all Indian (and foreign) languages. This episode begins a d ...

A near-comprehensive account of how the grand and unbroken tradition of Indian drama was intentionally destroyed by the Leftists

Stability is the bedrock of the Indian aesthetic tradition. Its gradual erosion is one of the singular factors contributing to the decline and downfall of this tradition. Nowhere is this more visible ...

A real-life episode from the 19th century narrating the extraordinary devotion that Sri Venkannayya had for Sri Ramachandra