Sandeep Balakrishna

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Enforcement Directorate Raid on Amnesty International is Welcome. But not Enough

Enforcement Directorate Raid on Amnesty International is Welcome. But not Enough

The breaking news of the Enforcement Directorate’s raid on Amnesty International’s office in Bangalore should gladden the heart of every Indian who loves his country. Amnesty International is among the covert breaking India forces and its list of sins committed in the garb of human rights is as

The Last Chance for Hindus: Plea for a Contemporary Sanatana Renaissance

The Last Chance for Hindus: Plea for a Contemporary Sanatana Renaissance

This tumultuous century provides an opportunity for comprehensive decolonisation of the Hindu cultural psyche

How the Bhakti Movement Gave Hindus a Breather and the New Indian Renaissance

How the Bhakti Movement Gave Hindus a Breather and the New Indian Renaissance

Beginning with the so-called Arab invasion of Sindh and even today (albeit in a different form), the single biggest failure of Hindus has been one or more or all of the following: inability, unwillingness, passivity, inertia, or the innate compassion that lies at the heart of Sanatana Dharma in

The Incurables who are Chopping Hindu Traditions and Temples

The Incurables who are Chopping Hindu Traditions and Temples

Prologue I distinctly recall an anecdote a veteran scholar once told me. The incident in the anecdote occurred sometime in the 1960s, the nascent stages of the era of spurious spiritualists and that class of rank materialists and megalomaniacs who eventually came to be known as Godmen, New-age Gurus,

Podcast: Congratulations to Yogi Adityanath for restoring the Sanctity of Prayagraj

Podcast: Congratulations to Yogi Adityanath for restoring the Sanctity of Prayagraj

Amid the ongoing, spirited protest by the Hindu community against the SC Verdict on Sabarimala, is some good news of sorts. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the much-awaited and much-needed restoration of the original name of Allahabad: Prayagraj. To be sure, it is not merely

The Destruction and Christianization of Carnatic Music Might Occur Sooner than Anticipated

The Destruction and Christianization of Carnatic Music Might Occur Sooner than Anticipated

As expected, it has happened. There’s a proverb in Kannada which roughly means, “light up your beedi from the fire that is burning down your neighbour’s house.” The thoroughly agenda-driven #Metoo charade has hit the Carnatic music circles as well ably guided, the charge led by the

High Time we Declare JNU a Crime Scene and Cordon it off

High Time we Declare JNU a Crime Scene and Cordon it off

Perhaps in no other country would you witness university students sloganeering for the destruction of their own nation and for clamours promising to fulfill a terrorist’s “wish.” And perhaps in no other country would you witness top media stars, intellectuals, writers, academics, and even former judges justifying this brazenness

Profound Prefaces: Mahabrahmana

Profound Prefaces: Mahabrahmana

It will be an interesting topic in a study of literary history to trace the first book—fiction or non-fiction—for which a preface was written. It is a good practice that has thankfully sustained the roughs of time and taste without falling off the crag. In the hands

Hindus Still Don’t Own the Narrative about themselves

Hindus Still Don’t Own the Narrative about themselves

This essay is more in the nature of an attempt. To examine the socio-political and cultural narrative about India that was set in motion roughly around the colonial period. This narrative continues to remain profoundly Adharmic. More dangerously, the Hindus don’t own this narrative about themselves. Even worse,

4 Ways Hindus can and should Counter the Congress-Media Propaganda Onslaught

4 Ways Hindus can and should Counter the Congress-Media Propaganda Onslaught

The Puranic story of Raktabijasura is one of my all-time favourites. Very briefly, Raktabijasura is a Rakshasa, a demon who is endowed with a boon that he thinks will make him deathless. Accordingly, each time a single drop of blood falls from his body, a new Raktabijasura is born.