Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

Mir Jumla: Aurangzeb’s Confidant who Befriended Telugu Niyogi Brahmins

Mir Jumla: Aurangzeb’s Confidant who Befriended Telugu Niyogi Brahmins

Mir Jumla who became Aurangzeb's trusted aide, was a reckless plunderer and military commander who became the Prime Minister of the Sultan of Golconda. He entrusted his revenue management to Telugu Niyogi Brahmins.

The Sun-Dried Tears of Gandikota

The Sun-Dried Tears of Gandikota

The first episode of a series narrating the brief civilisational history of Gandikota, fabled as the Grand Canyon of India.

Not just Tainted Tirumala Laddus:  Andhra is in the Grip of the Missionary Machinery

Not just Tainted Tirumala Laddus: Andhra is in the Grip of the Missionary Machinery

The defiled Tirumala laddu is just the tip of the iceberg of a long-term civilisational project of de-Hinduising Andhra Pradesh by polluting all its sacred Hindu spaces

The Woke Cabal Cancels the CJI for Performing Ganesha Chaturthi

The Woke Cabal Cancels the CJI for Performing Ganesha Chaturthi

The Honourable Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the latest target of the cancel culture mafia because he celebrated Ganesha Chaturthi with PM Modi

The Alarming Shrinkage of the Hindu Physical Space

The Alarming Shrinkage of the Hindu Physical Space

Commentary on how the current situation presents an existential threat unlike anything that the Hindu samaj has seen before.

Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions: Saletore’s Magnum Opus on Sanatana Politics and Statecraft

Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions: Saletore’s Magnum Opus on Sanatana Politics and Statecraft

B.A. Saletore's masterpiece "Ancient Indian Political Thought and Institutions," remains a classic in the field. It has sadly been cast into oblivion.

B.A. Saletore as a Pioneer of Writing Indian History from an Indian Perspective

B.A. Saletore as a Pioneer of Writing Indian History from an Indian Perspective

B.A. Saletore belongs to that rarefied class of Indian history scholars who severed the slavish practice of looking at Indian history through European eyes.

How John Marshall Destroyed R.D Banerji's Career: Or the Climate of History Research in B.A. Saletore's Time

How John Marshall Destroyed R.D Banerji's Career: Or the Climate of History Research in B.A. Saletore's Time

B.A. Saletore worked in an era where British colonial oppression extended to archeology and history research in India.

Diwan Purnaiah’s Dharma Chhatrams and the Lessons they Teach

Diwan Purnaiah’s Dharma Chhatrams and the Lessons they Teach

An essay on the sprawling network of Dharma Chhatrams founded by Purnaiah, the eminent Diwan to three Mysore Kings and the lessons they teach us

Bhasker Anand Saletore: The Historian Extraordinaire

Bhasker Anand Saletore: The Historian Extraordinaire

The first episode of a series profiling the life and legacy of Bhasker Anand Saletore, the extraordinary scholar of history who lived from 1900-63.