Sandeep Balakrishna

ARTICLES

D.V. Gundappa’s Caution and Lessons to Political Leaders

D.V. Gundappa’s Caution and Lessons to Political Leaders

D V Gundappa or DVG as he is affectionately known in Karnataka remains one of the cultural colossuses in the state, who was amidst us just forty-five years ago. He was an embodiment of a rare kind of spiritual strength and philosophical vision that was both multi-faceted and

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How IPTA Captured Drama and Cinema

How IPTA Captured Drama and Cinema

A near-comprehensive account of how the grand and unbroken tradition of Indian drama was intentionally destroyed by the Leftists

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Subashita Sunday Episode 7: The True Mahatma, Emerson and Society in Sanskrit Poetry

Subashita Sunday Episode 7: The True Mahatma, Emerson and Society in Sanskrit Poetry

After a lull of two weeks due to unforeseen circumstances, we’re back this Sunday with another episode of the Subhashita Sunday on The Dharma Dispatch. Like always, we have curated a handpicked collection of articles drawn from the best and the most prized annals of Bharatiya tradition. Happy reading!

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The Cool Ganesha of the New-Age Surgeons of Sanatana Dharma

The Cool Ganesha of the New-Age Surgeons of Sanatana Dharma

A New Being has descended upon us. It is a noxious alloy which combines within itself the revival of that dead genre named M.F. Hussain Apologetics and the Devdutt Pattnaik School of Epidemic Distortion. Over the last six-plus years, it has gained prominence, which none should envy but

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Romila Thapar Asked to be Accountable: Or How the Rules of the JNU Founders has Boomeranged on Them

Romila Thapar Asked to be Accountable: Or How the Rules of the JNU Founders has Boomeranged on Them

Jawaharlal Nehru University has acted according to its founding charter

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The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages

The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages

How history writing in India was systematically destroyed through institutional takeover

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How Kohat was Entirely Cleansed of its Hindu Population: The Tragic Finale

How Kohat was Entirely Cleansed of its Hindu Population: The Tragic Finale

In this Series: The Forgotten Kohat Genocide of Hindus: An Introductory History The Delhi and Gulbarga Massacre of Hindus: Precursors to the Forgotten Kohat Hindu Genocide The earliest recorded history of Kohat traces its founder to a Buddhist king named Raja Kohat. Today, the only surviving traces of Kohat’s

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The Delhi and Gulbarga Massacre of Hindus: Precursors to the Forgotten Kohat Hindu Genocide

The Delhi and Gulbarga Massacre of Hindus: Precursors to the Forgotten Kohat Hindu Genocide

Swami Shraddhananda's Shuddhi and Sanghatan movements to unite and organize the Hindu society alarmed the Islamic Ulema which launched a spate of violent attacks against Hindus across India.

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The Forgotten Kohat Genocide of Hindus: An Introductory History

The Forgotten Kohat Genocide of Hindus: An Introductory History

At the outset, let’s look at two quotes. Quote 1 “On the whole, violence is sanctified in Islam if it is carried out against infidels or heretics ‘in the path of Allah.’ On the philosophic religious level, there is no room for nonbelievers in the Islamic system, even if

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Subashita Sunday Episode 6: Ramayana, Mysore Vasudevacharya, and Joseph Conrad

Subashita Sunday Episode 6: Ramayana, Mysore Vasudevacharya, and Joseph Conrad

We welcome this Sunday with another episode of the Subhashita Sunday on The Dharma Dispatch. Like always, we have curated a handpicked collection of articles drawn from the best and the most prized annals of Bharatiya tradition. Happy reading! The Way of the Courageous Once again, Maharshi Bhartruhari tops our

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