Sandeep Balakrishna

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Vow of Aparigraha of Vedacharya Sri Sheshanna Shrauti

The Vow of Aparigraha of 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

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49 Resumes of Unemployable Leftist Relics

49 Resumes of Unemployable Leftist Relics

I actually debated within myself for the last five days whether I should actually write this piece…it was more than a debate…it was a kind of soul-searching with a spiritual dimension to it. I’m just being dramatic okay? Because it’s completely in tune with the

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