In an earlier piece on The Dharma Dispatch, I had given a glimpse of the extraordinary life, stunning scholarship and devoted national service of one of the world’s greatest historians, Ramesh Chandra Majumdar. I had also narrated in some detail as to why Jawaharlal Nehru and his cronies like
Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s classic Parva still stands unrivalled in its raw, intense, and gripping depiction of the immortal story of the Mahabharata on the realistic plane. The book is truly a sumptuous Rasabhojana, a grand feast, an Akshyapatra (bowl of food in unlimited supply) of aesthetics. Pick any
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar’s life is one of the glowing showcases of a full life lived productively, usefully, in the devoted pursuit of an ideal: knowledge and national service. It reminds us of D.V. Gundappa’s evocative line in his magnum opus, Mankutimmana Kagga: “ghana tattva ondakke dinaratri manasotu…
Arch-ingrate Aatish Taseer is enraged. At the sure-shot prospect of Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to power this summer. He spills his 3828 words-long rage on the pages of the Time magazine which cover-stories it with the now-notorious title, India’s Divider in Chief. Unsurprisingly,
I have immense admiration for cricket commentator Ramachandra Guha. And I have immense compassion for alleged historian Ramachandra Guha. I really do. The edifice of my admiration rests on his ability to churn out columns faster than a microprocessor. Do not underestimate the innate value of sheer volume. And the
We take immense pleasure in introducing a new feature on The Dharma Dispatch YouTube Channel titled “The Dharma Explainers.” The purpose of this feature is to present complex topics related to Indian history, culture, and contemporary issues in a simple, crisp, and easy-to-understand fashion. We hope this will
Do you recall Nayantara Sahgal? She of the award-wapsi notoriety. She’s also the oldest and perhaps the last living relic of the original Nehru dynasty. For those who came late, Nayantara Sahgal is the daughter of Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru. For all her self-righteous
This is the concluding part of the series contrasting the helplessness of Europe against Islamic migrants and the resilience of Bharatavarsha
Note: This was published on April 13, 2011 on my defunct blog, The Rediscovery of India. The occasion was the nationwide protests and human chains formed in most of our major cities to protest the pervasive corruption under the watch of the Congress-led UPA Government. That was the era
सन्ति सिद्धरसप्रख्या ये च रामायणादयः । कथाश्रया न तैर्योज्या स्वेच्छा रसविरोधिनी ॥ The Ramayana, Mahabharata, and other classics of their calibre provide us all the material we need to deliver Rasa (emotion,