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A typical Brahmin who lived in our villages
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
A slice of the daily routine of a typical Brahmin who lived in India just a century ago
Illustration of Hampi
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
For centuries, Kishkinda was a sacred Kshetra, the abode of Hanuman. Its environs birthed the great Hindu Empire of Vijayanagara. Over the last three decades, its sanctity has been almost completely e ...
Hindu Disunity as the Success Recipe of Malik Kafur
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
Ala-ud-din Khalji and his general Malik Kafur were able to devastate the Hindu Kingdoms in South India owing to the senseless disunity of Hindu Kings.
Turushka Danda
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
A little-known fact of Hindu history that shows how the mighty Gahadavala Empire built a solid deterrent against alien Islamic invasions using a fiscal measure called the Turushka-Danda.
When Homi J Bhabha’s Grandfather Saved an Endangered Sanskrit Pathashala in Kolar
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
In the late 19th century, a traditional Sanskrit Pathashala in a village near Kolar had come under the British axe. Hormusji J Bhabha, grandfather of the famous Homi J. Bhabha, saved it from total des ...
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