Viscount Valentia at Shivala Palace, 1803: The Tattered Mughal House in Varanasi
How Lord Wellesley rewrote royal protocol at the Shivala Palace, marking the definitive shift from Mughal sovereignty to British supremacy.
Contemplations on the Eighth Anniversary of the Dharma Dispatch
On the eighth anniversary of The Dharma Dispatch, here is a brief retrospect of our sacred civilisational journey so far.
Merchants of Muscat: How Hindu Traders Dominated Oman’s Economy for Centuries
From the Sindhi and Kutchi Bhatiyas to the Portuguese siege and royal patronage—discover the thrilling, three-century saga of how Hindu merchants built an economic empire in the heart of the Arabian Gulf.
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.