When the Sahib Hated Holi: Viscount Valentia’s 1803 Varanasi Journal
A colonial traveller’s disdain for spring festivities, Mughal pomp, and the cultural disconnect that shaped modern Indian attitudes.
The Battle of Buxar Through British Eyes: Lord Valentia’s 1803 Bihar Travelogue
Decades after the decisive 1764 Battle of Buxar, an English aristocrat’s 1803 journey through Bihar captures the forgotten aftermath of British expansion in India.
From Pushpapura to an Opium Cantonment: Valentia’s Day in Bankipur
How the East India Company turned the Mauryan capital’s ground into a depot for China’s addiction and Britain’s gunpowder
Bhāva Bṛhaspati: The Ācārya Who Made Somnath Eternal
How Bhāva Bṛhaspati, the Parama-Pāśupatācārya hailed as an avatāra of Nandīśvara, rebuilt the Jyotirlinga under Kumarapāla — and why that glory was erased from national memory
The History the Leftists Stole from us
For decades, Indians have been told a false and fraudulent version of their own history. But what happens when an entire scholarly tradition begins to disappear? Listen this deep-dive podcast!
From Bhurṭṭaka to Bhutto: The Suryavamsha Lineage Pakistan Erased
How a Chalukya dynasty of Karnata-Desha became the political royalty of Pakistan — and why Shahnawaz Bhutto’s letter of surrender in November 1947 was the final act of a thousand-year civilisational amputation.
When the Company Built a Pathshala: The Calcutta Sanskrit College in Newspapers, 1822–1830
From a hired house in Bahu Bazar to the foundation-stone at Pataldanga to the first statutes, stipends, and Vaidya class—how Samachar Darpan and Samachar Chandrika recorded the making of the College.
The Faithless Queen of Maharaja Mansingh of Sirohi
How Mansing of Sirohi won back a faithless wife — and lost his minister
How Western Indology Misread Sanskrit: The Colonial Distortion of Bhartṛhari
Tracing the journey of Bhartṛhari from a living darśana to a colonial artifact—and the urgent imperative to reclaim the Sanskrit tradition from within.
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[Episode #92] How the Pedophile Missionary Verrier Elwin Enabled the Christianisation of the North East
Verrier Elwin "married" a 13 year old girl & documented their sex life. His grip over Nawab Nehru gave him free hand to shape a policy which helped missionaries convert the North East wholesale.