Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

When the Sevuna Empire Detonated a Big Bang of Sanatana Cultural Glory in Dakshinapatha

When the Sevuna Empire Detonated a Big Bang of Sanatana Cultural Glory in Dakshinapatha

In an astonishingly short span of just a century, the Sevuna Empire erected a Himalayan superstructure of Sanatana cultural glory in the realm of culture and economics. The feat remains unsurpassed till date.

The Sevuna Empire of Embracive Abundance: A Forgotten Brilliance of Hindu History

The Sevuna Empire of Embracive Abundance: A Forgotten Brilliance of Hindu History

The first part of a new series tracing the brief history of the Sevuna or Yadava Empire of Devagiri whose stellar contributions to Hindu civilisation and culture have largely been obscured.

The Story of an Unknown Vijayanagara Hero: The Barber Kondoja who Obtained Tax Exemption for his Entire Community

The Story of an Unknown Vijayanagara Hero: The Barber Kondoja who Obtained Tax Exemption for his Entire Community

Kondoja, an expert barber in Karnataka impressed Aliya Rama Raya with his beard-shaving skills and used the opportunity to get a tax exemption for his community throughout the Vijayanagara Empire. The story reveals a wealth of brilliant insights into the social, economic and political life of the pe

When the Unclean Turushka Ala-ud-din Khalji Ravished Vidisha

When the Unclean Turushka Ala-ud-din Khalji Ravished Vidisha

How Ala-ud-din Khalji heartlessly destroyed the ancient cultural city and commercial hub Vidisha.

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Wrote the Majestic Volumes of the History of Aurangzeb

A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."

The Colonial Origins of the Contemporary Western Media Discourse on India

The Colonial Origins of the Contemporary Western Media Discourse on India

A majority of the anti-India and anti-Hindu discourse streaming from the West has its origins in pre-colonial and colonial narratives, which remain unchanged. That is the root cause that Hindus must identify and fight against.

The Magnificent Mangalana Step-Well: A Sanatana Oasis Amid Turushka Chaos

The Magnificent Mangalana Step-Well: A Sanatana Oasis Amid Turushka Chaos

An essay narrating the ennobling history of the forgotten Mangalana step-well in Rajasthan.

Rana Ayyub as a Dividend of Sustained Western Interference in India's Sovereignty

Rana Ayyub as a Dividend of Sustained Western Interference in India's Sovereignty

The recent burst of Rana Ayyub's hate-filled rants against PM Narendra Modi and India on foreign soil must be contextualised in the historical backdrop of the West's continual meddling in India's internal affairs.

Nawab Nehru as a Curse on Prayaga

Nawab Nehru as a Curse on Prayaga

The honest student of Indian history cannot but help to contrast the profound spiritual history and inheritance of Prayaga with Nawab Nehru who never understood its real significance.

The Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya is a Welcome Nail in the Coffin of the Nehruvian Colonisation of Independent India

The Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya is a Welcome Nail in the Coffin of the Nehruvian Colonisation of Independent India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to thoroughly revamp the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and rename it as the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya should be celebrated.