Spotlight

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Aide Raghunandan in a war
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
Murshid Quli Khan elevated talented Hindus to high positions in his civil and military administration and created a new Zamindari class in Bengal
An Enlivening Historical Voyage with the Banana
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Delving into the Hindu annals, we get a fascinating, enlivening and instructive picture of the history of the ubiquitous banana. There is a fundamental reason why the banana is regarded as a sacred fr ...
Depiction of Murshid Quli Khan in a Village
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
As the Subahdaar of Bengali, Murshid Quli Khan introduces the Ijtara system of revenue collection which has far-reaching consequences lasting up to the early 20th century
Bangalore Nagaratnamma: A Life Dedicated to Tyagaraja
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
8 min read
This is an abridged English translation of D.V. Gundappa's brilliant and moving profile of Bangalore Nagaratnamma, a musician par excellence who built a memorial for Tyagaraja in Tiruvayur.
When the Sevuna Empire Detonated a Big Bang of Sanatana Cultural Glory in Dakshinapatha
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
In an astonishingly short span of just a century, the Sevuna Empire erected a Himalayan superstructure of Sanatana cultural glory in the realm of culture and economics. The feat remains unsurpassed ti ...
The Verse that Heralded a Half Century of the Splendid Reign of Paramara Bhoja Raja
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
11 min read
An inspiring and moving historical narrative from the childhood of the 11th Century king, the immortal Paramara Bhoja.
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