Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

The Communist Death Vault: A Little Known Anecdote about JNU

The Communist Death Vault: A Little Known Anecdote about JNU

In the 1980s, the Communists have an encounter with Arun Shourie at JNU

From Ingratiating Merchants to Absolute Monopolists: The Rise and Rise of the Medieval Mapillas

From Ingratiating Merchants to Absolute Monopolists: The Rise and Rise of the Medieval Mapillas

The second part of the series on the Malabar Mapillas traces the rise of the Mapillas who acquired a monopoly on maritime trade

The Moplah Genocide of the Malabar Hindus: Setting the Record Straight

The Moplah Genocide of the Malabar Hindus: Setting the Record Straight

The first part of a series documenting the genocide of Malabar Hindus by the Moplahs

Unravelling Vulgarity: All you Wanted to Know about M.F. Hussain's Alleged Art

Unravelling Vulgarity: All you Wanted to Know about M.F. Hussain's Alleged Art

An essay critiquing M.F. Hussain's vulgar depiction of Hindu Deities in his paintings and art

How the Usurpation of a Freedom Struggle by a Martyrdom-Seeker Placed India in the Hands of a Partial Indian

How the Usurpation of a Freedom Struggle by a Martyrdom-Seeker Placed India in the Hands of a Partial Indian

The third phase of the history of the Congress party eventually led to the usurpation of India by a foreigner six decades later

The Surge of a National Yajna and the Crushing of the Vindhyan Kshatra: Misleading the Freedom Struggle

The Surge of a National Yajna and the Crushing of the Vindhyan Kshatra: Misleading the Freedom Struggle

An essay tracing the second phase of the pre-independence history of the Indian National Congress Party

From A.O. Hume to Rahul Gandhi: The History Several Hoaxes

From A.O. Hume to Rahul Gandhi: The History Several Hoaxes

Tracing the true origins of the Indian National Congress party exposes several myths about its real place in the Indian freedom struggle

How Nehru's Courtship of China was Lubricated by Journalistic Oil Massages

How Nehru's Courtship of China was Lubricated by Journalistic Oil Massages

A brief history of how Jawaharlal Nehru recruited top editors and prominent journalists in the English media and its continuing consequences

Origins of the Nehruvian Chinese Comrades in India: An Introductory History

Origins of the Nehruvian Chinese Comrades in India: An Introductory History

How Jawaharlal Nehru created a vast network of Communist traitors through his misguided China policy

The Chanakya Reading List

The Chanakya Reading List

A near comprehensive reading list of works by and about the genius statesman and political thinker and sage, Chanakya or Kautilya used for making the TV series, Chanakya.