Spotlight

Illustration of Mamata Banerjee with Imams

The Fall of Mamata Banerjee: A History of West Bengal’s Political Decay and the 2026 BJP Shift

07 May 2026

17 min read

Understanding the transition from Congress and Communist rule to Mamata Banerjee's terror-regime, and why the BJP’s 2026 victory marks the end of a century-long Bhadralok hegemony

Illustration of the Last Battle of Sitaram Ray

History Vignettes

The Tragic Tale of Sitaram Ray, the Last Hindu King of Bengal

Sandeep Balakrishna

17 Feb 2025

7 min read

Illustration of M.K. Stalin and Joseph Vijay in a Debate

Commentary

Stalin is Desperate. Joseph Vijay is an Incipient Chiranjeevi

Sandeep Balakrishna

27 Mar 2026

5 min read

History Vignettes

K.N. Govindacharya: A Politico-Intellectual History of Independent India

Shankar Saran

13 May 2019

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Episodes from the Udyoga Parva as Sagacious Guides to the Contemporary Hindu Society

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Jul 2023

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Delightful Story of the Cussword, “Moo Devi”

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Jul 2021

5 min read

Commentary

Ghar-Wapsi: Meos, Malkana Rajputs and a Saga of Missed Opportunities

Sandeep Balakrishna

28 Aug 2025

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Cool Ganesha of the New-Age Surgeons of Sanatana Dharma

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Sep 2019

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Maha Vaidyanatha Shivan and Pattanam Subramania Iyer: Nuggets from a Musical Friendship

Dr. N.S. Rajaram

07 Nov 2022

4 min read

History Vignettes

Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad

Sandeep Balakrishna

17 Dec 2024

5 min read

Commentary

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi: Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

Sandeep Balakrishna

21 Feb 2025

8 min read

History Vignettes

The Far Reaching Implications of the Medieval Muslim Chronicler's Psyche on the History of the Future

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 May 2020

11 min read

Concluding part of the series examining the psyche of medieval Muslim chroniclers and its implications on the future of writing history

History Vignettes

How the Dravidianists Invented Kalabhras and Poisoned Tamil Public Discourse

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Jan 2019

6 min read

Illustration of Sardar Patel and Mir Osman Ali of Hyderabad

History Vignettes

Hyderabad was never an Independent State: History’s Verdict

Team Dharma Dispatch

18 Apr 2026

7 min read

Illustration of Srinatha engaged in a poetic debate

Notes On Culture

Dindima Kavi’s Defeat and Srinatha’s Magnanimity

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

05 Mar 2026

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Story of Uddalaka – Aruni

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Apr 2019

4 min read

Notes On Culture

The Sanatana Life of Sri Sheshanna Shrauti – A Contemporary Vedacharya

Sandeep Balakrishna

22 Jul 2019

5 min read

History Vignettes

Tarikh-i-Habibi: Institutional Ruffianism of the Clique of Seven at the ICHR

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Jan 2020

7 min read

Commentary

Romilayana: How Romila Thapar Lied her Way to Historical Eminence

Shankar Saran

04 Mar 2024

5 min read

A new series tracking the dubious career of Romila Thapar, the foremost member of the cabal of the so-called Marxist historians

Commentary

Article 370 Scrapped: Or How Arjuna is Casting Away Weakness

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Aug 2019

8 min read

Commentary

Bharatavarsha is the Original Sanatana Home: It’s Our Responsibility to Safeguard it

Sandeep Balakrishna

08 Aug 2019

7 min read

Commentary

Meet Ram Sharan Sharma: Another Eminent Distorian

Sandeep Balakrishna

08 Mar 2024

4 min read

This is the first episode examining the distortions of another veteran Marxist historian named Ram Sharan Sharma

Notes On Culture

The Singularity of the Bhagavad Gita

Team Dharma Dispatch

06 Feb 2024

4 min read

The impact and lasting influence of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita that continues to shape entire cultures across the world.

Notes On Culture

When Our Mahajans and Shroffs Financed the Pleasures of the Officers of the British Raj

Team Dharma Dispatch

19 May 2021

5 min read

In the second part of this series, Dr. Francis provides an eye-opening picture of the manner in which the officers of the British Raj took enormous loans from our Mahajans and Shroffs (moneylenders) f ...