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Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Original Nehruvian Crony Capitalist
History Vignettes
Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Original Nehruvian Crony Capitalist
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
The rise and fall of the shipping tycoon, Jayanti Dharma Teja, India's original crony capitalist.
Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan
History Vignettes
Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
The first episode of a comprehensive history of Murshid Quli Khan, Aurangzeb's confidant and the first Nawab of Bengal
The Personal Pathology of Karna
Notes On Culture
The Personal Pathology of Karna
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
Karna's early training under Rishi Parashurama should have ideally helped him shape his destiny for the better. Yet his personal pathology made him choose to support Duryodhana, the personification of ...
The Famous Mughalai Cuisine in Jahangir's Regime was a Feast of Exploitation: Concluding Episode
History Vignettes
The Famous Mughalai Cuisine in Jahangir's Regime was a Feast of Exploitation: Concluding Episode
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
In the final episode of this series, we get an eyewitness account of the kind of houses Jahangir's nobles built, the typical menu of the food they ate and the pathetic condition of their concubines.
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