Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

A Murder that Unearthed a Second-Century Sanskrit Manuscript: Episode 1

A Murder that Unearthed a Second-Century Sanskrit Manuscript: Episode 1

How the brutal murder of a 19th century British trader led to the unlikely discovery of a valuable 2nd century Sanskrit Manuscript.

The Last Days of a Sadhvi

The Last Days of a Sadhvi

A profoundly moving episode of the last days of Sri C. Vasudevaiah's sister-in-law, a true Sadhvi, shows what the Hindu society has really lost.

A Cultural Syllabus for the Judiciary

A Cultural Syllabus for the Judiciary

A slew of judgements over various aspects of the Hindu society and culture in recent times have exposed the alarming extent of the deracination of India's judiciary. We present an outline cultural curriculum in the hope of undoing this state of affairs.

How Hair-Dyes were Prepared in Ancient India: A List of Recipes and Methods

How Hair-Dyes were Prepared in Ancient India: A List of Recipes and Methods

An essay containing detailed information about the recipes and the procedure for preparing hair-dyes in ancient India.

True Education is Removing the Walls that Enclose the Light Within us

True Education is Removing the Walls that Enclose the Light Within us

Knowledge is a light that resides within the student. The only task of the teacher is to move the walls that enclose and block this light.

Dharmic Education in an Era of Planned De-Hinduisation of India

Dharmic Education in an Era of Planned De-Hinduisation of India

What we now call as “Dharmic education” was the natural state of our social and cultural life even 60-70 years ago. The very fact that we’re now using Dharmic as an adjective only shows the severity of our loss.

Dharmic Education is not Learning but Realisation

Dharmic Education is not Learning but Realisation

In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it.

An Imperative for Dharmic Education for Hindu Children in an Woke Pandemic Era

An Imperative for Dharmic Education for Hindu Children in an Woke Pandemic Era

Rediscovering the ideal and roots of our Dharmic education is an urgent imperative to prevent Hindu children from getting sucked into the Woke blackhole

The Problem is Far More Serious than Including or Dropping Lessons on the Mughals in History Textbooks

The Problem is Far More Serious than Including or Dropping Lessons on the Mughals in History Textbooks

Commentary on the recent controversy over dropping the chapters on Mughal history from NCERT textbooks

Introducing a Miniature Village Republic in the Sevuna Empire

Introducing a Miniature Village Republic in the Sevuna Empire

The first episode of a series demonstrating the unbroken continuity of the profound village administrative setup that has endured from the dawn of Hindu civilisation.