Spotlight

When Diwan Purnaiah Lost and Regained his Eyesight: Glory of the Tirumala Thotti-Thirtam

21 Aug 2023

4 min read

In the final leg of his pilgrimage to the sacred Tirumala hills in 1872, V.N. Narasimha Iyengar recounts rare anecdotes about the glory of Srinivasa. His eyewitness descriptions of the whole thing is ...

Illustration of Mahakavi Srinatha in a Procession

Notes On Culture

Mahakavi Srinatha Throws a Challenge to Arunagirinatha Kavi

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

28 Feb 2026

6 min read

Commentary

How Dhurandhar has Unravelled Pakistani Stooges in India

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Dec 2025

6 min read

History Vignettes

Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Original Nehruvian Crony Capitalist

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Feb 2021

8 min read

Commentary

De-Hinduizing the History Syllabus: The Secret Directive of Nurul Hasan's Deputy, H.S. Khan

Dr. N.S. Rajaram

03 Apr 2024

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 2

Sandeep Balakrishna

01 Jul 2019

5 min read

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Aide Raghunandan in a war

History Vignettes

How Murshid Quli Khan Facilitated the Renewal of Hindu Power in Bengal

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Feb 2025

5 min read

History Vignettes

There was Never any ‘Muslim Era’ in India

Team Dharma Dispatch

19 Jan 2026

5 min read

History Vignettes

The Story of the Communist Collaboration with the Nizam of Hyderabad and his Bloodthirsty Razakkars: An Introduction

Sandeep Balakrishna

25 Sep 2020

6 min read

Commentary

The Communist Death Vault: A Little Known Anecdote about JNU

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 Jul 2020

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Kalinath Baba Masters the Power of the Khechari Vidya

Team Dharma Dispatch

18 Dec 2025

4 min read

History Vignettes

The Unstoppable Ascent of Kasim Razvi

Sandeep Balakrishna

27 Sep 2023

4 min read

This episode narrates the unending intrigues of the Nizam Mir Osman Ali against merging Hyderabad into the Indian Union and how he gives unlimited power to Kasim Razvi.

Notes On Culture

The Controversial Episodes in the Ramayana Demystified

Arjun Bharadwaj

14 Aug 2024

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Story of Uddalaka – Aruni

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Apr 2019

4 min read

History Vignettes

Chahamana Vagbhata: The Nightmare of Two Delhi Sultans

Sandeep Balakrishna

24 Dec 2021

6 min read

History Vignettes

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

Team Dharma Dispatch

15 Aug 2022

5 min read

Commentary

The Foundation and Value of Language Education in the Indian Tradition

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

25 Nov 2023

6 min read

Commentary

The 105th Constitutional Amendment: A Lawyer's Analysis

Kashyap Naik

11 Oct 2021

14 min read

Commentary

Jai Bhim is a Communist-Periyarist Farce Garbed as a Fight for Tribal Justice

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 Nov 2021

11 min read

A detailed analysis of the recent Tamil film, Jai Bhim, exploring its underlying politics and ideological propaganda.

History Vignettes

A Case for India: A Glimpse into how the British Plundered India and Destroyed a Great Civilisation

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Mar 2019

6 min read

Notes On Culture

Anecdotes from Sri Visvesvarayya's Life

Sandeep Balakrishna

31 Oct 2023

6 min read

In the concluding part of this essay series, we present several inspiring and ennobling anecdotes from Sir M. Visvesvarayya's life that remain eternal beacons of guidance

History Vignettes

The Tirupati Town that V.N. Narasimha Iyengar Saw in 1872

Team Dharma Dispatch

14 Aug 2023

4 min read

V.N. Narasimha Iyengar proceeds to Tirupati after departing from Arakkonam. The description of his journey and the portrait of the sacred temple town of Tirupati in 1872 is illuminating to say the lea ...

History Vignettes

The Extraordinary Travel Diary of V.N. Narasimha Iyengar

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Aug 2023

4 min read

V.N. Narasimha Iyengar, a Deputy Commissioner in the Mysore Princely State went on a pilgrimage from Bangalore to Benares in 1872 by train. He meticulously recorded almost every detail of this journey ...

History Vignettes

The Lal Ishtahar and the Bloodbath of Hindus in Bengal

Sandeep Balakrishna

25 Jun 2019

6 min read