Sandeep Balakrishna

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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

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

Sri Krishnadevaraya Reduced to a Footnote: It’s Time to Bury Such Politics of History

Sri Krishnadevaraya Reduced to a Footnote: It’s Time to Bury Such Politics of History

An unfortunate outcome of the contemporary fashion of thinking and the resultant public discourse is the fact that with each successive decade since Independence, the Indian (more importantly, Hindu) society has been eroded of its capacity of our society to produce heroes. In a line, this thinking is shaped by

The Worst Nightmare of the Congress Party is the Building of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

The Worst Nightmare of the Congress Party is the Building of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bombed Article 370 and 35A into the dustbin of history thereby paving way for the complete integration of Kashmir into the rest of Bharatavarsha. But this is only a sacred Dharma that has just begun. It will reach its completion and fruition when Kashmir will

Subashita Sunday Episode 5: Sawai Jai Singh, Mankutimma and Jack London

Subashita Sunday Episode 5: Sawai Jai Singh, Mankutimma and Jack London

So we’re back again 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 both the Bharatiya tradition and some of the best inspired writing in

Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it

Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it

Let me list a few names at random. Ananda Coomaraswamy, Subrahmanya Bharati, C. Rajagopalachari, P.V. Kane, Kavyakantha Ganapathimuni (the preeminent disciple of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi), Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel, Pandit Lekh Ram, N.S. Rajaram…and this is a really short list. Among other extraordinary contributions, they launched

Article 370 Scrapped: Or How Arjuna is Casting Away Weakness

Article 370 Scrapped: Or How Arjuna is Casting Away Weakness

At the outset, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah justly deserve the nationwide kudos that’s coming their way in massive waves from across the globe. And then some more. They’ve made history and we’re witnessing it. Live. The albatross of Article 370 has been

Subashita Sunday Episode 4: Gibbon, Madan Mohan Malviya, and Mankutimma

Subashita Sunday Episode 4: Gibbon, Madan Mohan Malviya, and Mankutimma

Another Sunday. 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 Time-Honoured Tradition of Dishonour in Politics Maharshi Bhartruhari is a treasure for

The Weakening of the National Spirit and the Sanatana Wellspring of Hope

The Weakening of the National Spirit and the Sanatana Wellspring of Hope

Honourable Members…I ask you, Members, to stand in your places to pay our tribute of respect to Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who by his grim determination and stead fast devotion was able to carve out and found Pakistan and whose passing away at this moment is an

The Last Days of a Contemporary Rishi and Vedacharya Sri Sheshanna Shrauti

The Last Days of a Contemporary Rishi and Vedacharya Sri Sheshanna Shrauti

In this Series The Sanatana Life of Sri Sheshanna Shrauti – A Contemporary Vedacharya Vedacharya Sri Sheshanna Shrauti: A Sacred Vow of Lifelong Vedic Learning The Sama Veda Yaga of Vedacharya Sri Sheshanna Shrauti and Indifference to Fame The Nectar of the Veda: The Equanimity of Sri Sheshanna Shrauti The Vow