Spotlight

The fourth part of The Dharma Dispatch series on the comprehensive history of the Tablighi Jamaat in India narrates the actual founding of the Tablighi Jamaat by Muhammad Ilyas

History Vignettes

When the Unclean Turushka Ala-ud-din Khalji Ravished Vidisha

Sandeep Balakrishna

27 Apr 2022

8 min read

Commentary

Shakti-Putra Shivaji: In Which Sita Ram Goel Shreds Nawab Nehru’s “History”

Team Dharma Dispatch

07 Jan 2026

7 min read

Commentary

Omitting the Dark Saga of Muslim Rule from NCERT Textbooks is an Awful Idea if True

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 May 2025

5 min read

Commentary

Romilayana: How Romila Thapar Lied her Way to Historical Eminence

Shankar Saran

04 Mar 2024

5 min read

Commentary

Ram Swarup’s Skewering of the Myth of the Liberal Muslim

Sandeep Balakrishna

28 Feb 2024

6 min read

Notes On Culture

Bangalore Nagaratnamma: A Life Dedicated to Tyagaraja

Team Dharma Dispatch

15 Jan 2024

8 min read

History Vignettes

Tarikh-i-Habibi—Being the Partial Chronicle of Irfan Habib: The Progenitor

Sandeep Balakrishna

30 Dec 2019

9 min read

An account of the origins of history distortions in the Indian academia

History Vignettes

Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say

Shankar Saran

13 Feb 2020

5 min read

Debunking the whitewashing and distortions of Marxist History about the forced conversions of Hindus into Islam in the medieval Muslim period

Notes On Culture

Themes in Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane

Sandeep Balakrishna

20 Oct 2025

3 min read

Using the cow as the central motif, Dr. Bhyrappa's Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane explores a complex array of themes in the novel

History Vignettes

Saartha: The Awesome Mobile Economic Engine of Ancient India

Sandeep Balakrishna

26 Oct 2024

4 min read

The first episode of a historical essay series examining the system of Saartha, which was the extraordinary mobile economic engine of ancient India.

Commentary

Mohammad Shahbuddin: The Posterboy of Bihar's Jungle Raj

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Nov 2025

6 min read

For at least two decades, former RJD parliamentarian, Mohammad Shahbuddin symbolised the worst excesses of Bihar's notorious Jungle Raj

Notes On Culture

Celebrating the Vedic Cultural Stalwarts in Our Midst: Ghanapati Rajagopala Sarma

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

14 Sep 2022

5 min read

A profile of Ghanapati Rajagopala Sarma, a true Vedic stalwart in our midst. This is a translation of Shatavadhani Dr. Ganesh's brilliant portrait of this eminent Vedic Pundit and scholar.