Spotlight

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

03 Apr 2024

5 min read

In 1986, Indira Gandhi's Education Minister, Nurul Hasan's trusted lieutenant, H.S. Khan, head of the NCERT's History and Sociology Department, sent a directive to all states to change Indian history ...

Commentary

The Case of Michel Danino: Examining Judicial Overreach

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Mar 2026

5 min read

Commentary

Untangling the Oxfam Labyrinth: What Unites George Soros, Harsh Mander and Ashoka University?

Sandeep Balakrishna

23 Sep 2020

4 min read

History Vignettes

There was Never any ‘Muslim Era’ in India

Team Dharma Dispatch

19 Jan 2026

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Delightful Story of the Cussword, “Moo Devi”

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Jul 2021

5 min read

Commentary

Why Amit Shah’s FCRA Bill has Rattled Oxfam India: Explained in Two Parts

Sandeep Balakrishna

22 Sep 2020

6 min read

Commentary

Rajaji vs. Nehru: The Untold Story of the Scholar-Statesman Who Defied the Congress Establishment

Sandeep Balakrishna

07 Mar 2026

9 min read

Commentary

How Dhurandhar has Unravelled Pakistani Stooges in India

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Dec 2025

6 min read

Commentary

Subverting the True History of India: How Jawaharlal Nehru and his Cronies Sidelined Prof R.C. Majumdar

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 May 2019

8 min read

History Vignettes

The Verse that Heralded a Half Century of the Splendid Reign of Paramara Bhoja Raja

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 Aug 2020

11 min read

History Vignettes

Hindu Voices from the Malabar Graveyard: The Rani of Nilambur Records the Misery of the Malabar Hindu Women

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Oct 2019

7 min read

History Vignettes

The Life of Muslim Women in Triplicane in 1914: Extracts from a European’s Diary

Team Dharma Dispatch

06 May 2024

3 min read

Lady Lawley, wife of Arthur Lawley, the then Governor of Madras, in her interesting work titled "Southern India," narrates a detailed and vivid account of the plight and lives of Muslim women living i ...

Commentary

Jamba Lakidi Pamba: An Underrated Classic that Foretold the Woke Epidemic

Sandeep Balakrishna

02 Jun 2023

7 min read

Commentary

The Seamy Evangelical Underbelly of Amnesty International and its Role in Denying the US Visa to Narendra Modi

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Jul 2020

5 min read

Commentary

Human Rights as an Interventionist Model Designed to Break the Sanatana Civilisation: Sample Amnesty International

Sandeep Balakrishna

13 Jul 2020

5 min read

History Vignettes

Wine, Opium, Hunting, Debauchery and Nur Jahan: A Glimpse of Jahangir’s Administration

Team Dharma Dispatch

01 Oct 2021

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The 1891 India Diary of Dr. Francis and What It Teaches Us: Conclusion

Team Dharma Dispatch

02 Jun 2021

8 min read

Notes On Culture

Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Jun 2019

11 min read

Notes On Culture

Revisiting Baahubali in a Quest for Rasa: An Analysis

Sandeep Balakrishna

08 Oct 2019

9 min read

Commentary

Ghar-Wapsi in the Vijayanagara and Maratha Empire and Gandhi’s Betrayal of Hindus

Sandeep Balakrishna

01 Sep 2025

4 min read

Read these little-known episodes of Ghar-Wapsi in the Vijayanagara and the Maratha Empire, and the Arya Samaj's role in reconverting Hindus

History Vignettes

The Susunia Inscription as an Origin of the Chakraswamin Sect

Sandeep Balakrishna

26 Feb 2026

5 min read

The 4th Century Susunia Inscription is one of the earliest origins of the Chakraswamin sect that once flourished throughout Uttarapatha

History Vignettes

The Cost of Feeding Mohandas Gandhi: Ask Sarat Chandra Bose

Sandeep Balakrishna

21 Feb 2022

6 min read

In 1932, Mohandas Gandhi stayed for several weeks in the home of Sarat Chandra Bose in Calcutta as his esteemed guest. This essay contains some revealing details drawn from an eyewitness account of th ...

Notes On Culture

The Story of Uddalaka – Aruni

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Apr 2019

4 min read

Notes On Culture

Decoding the Many Versions of the Ramayana

Arjun Bharadwaj

12 Aug 2024

6 min read

Much confusion, debates and distortions have occurred owing to the hundreds of versions and retellings of the Ramayana that have appeared in all Indian (and foreign) languages. This episode begins a d ...