Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

Technical and Literary Education in the Vijayanagara Empire

Technical and Literary Education in the Vijayanagara Empire

The second and concluding episode of this series provides some glimpses into the technical and literary education in the Vijayanagara Empire.

The Village Schoolteacher who Sought Time for Svādhyāya

The Village Schoolteacher who Sought Time for Svādhyāya

DVG narrates an ennobling anecdote of a poor village schoolteacher who did not mind his incredible hardships but wanted time for Svādhyāya or self-study. This is our remembrance of DVG on his 136th birthday.

Contours of the Educational Atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire

Contours of the Educational Atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire

The first episode of a new series on the profound educational atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire.

Jordan Peterson: The Asura Hiding in Plain Sight

Jordan Peterson: The Asura Hiding in Plain Sight

A detailed critique exploring the rise of Jordan Peterson from the Hindu civilisational and philosophical perspective.

Rahul Gandhi’s Call for Foreign Interference in India is a Lethal Part of an Old Script

Rahul Gandhi’s Call for Foreign Interference in India is a Lethal Part of an Old Script

The Nehru dynasty has an umbilical link with England for nearly a century. How it has used this link for its own benefit is truly shocking.

Fighting Over Wheat in Pakistan is what Happens when Dharma is Destroyed

Fighting Over Wheat in Pakistan is what Happens when Dharma is Destroyed

When Dharma is deliberately destroyed, nothing better can replace it. The ongoing food crisis and wheat-wars in Pakistan illustrates this phenomenon.

Men of Might in India Missions: A Bigoted Book as a Mirror to the Decline of the Hindu Society

Men of Might in India Missions: A Bigoted Book as a Mirror to the Decline of the Hindu Society

"Men of Might in India Missions" was a book written by Helen H. Holcomb and published in 1901. It extolled 16 Protestant missionaries who achieved impressive successes in converting Hindus in India over a 200-year-period. The book is still a warning and a glaring mirror to the decline of Hindu socie

Why Don’t we still have any Creative Work on the 1962 Nehruvian Debacle?

Why Don’t we still have any Creative Work on the 1962 Nehruvian Debacle?

It is astonishing that even after 60 years, there is not a single creative work narrating the dark truths of the 1962 humiliation that India was made to suffer at Chinese hands by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Portrayal of Society in K. Viswanath’s Cinema

Portrayal of Society in K. Viswanath’s Cinema

Exploring some aspects of the depiction of society in K. Viswanath's movies.

Depiction of Bharatavarsha’s Sacred Geography in K. Viswanath's Movies

Depiction of Bharatavarsha’s Sacred Geography in K. Viswanath's Movies

K. Viswanath’s acclaimed cinematic corpus exquisitely reflects the timeless conception of Bharatavarsha's sacred geography.