Spotlight

Picture of Thanjavur in a ruined state
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
The first part of a series narrating the tragic history of the heartless destruction of traditional Hindu Dharma-Chhatrams by the colonial British. This episode tells the woeful tale of how the East I ...
Illustration of a Qazi executing a Hindu in Murshid Quli Khan's regime
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
The final episode of our series on Murshid Quli Khan narrates some horrific stories of Hindu persecution in Bengal under his regime.
Mir Jumla Melts Murtis
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Mir Jumla conquers the impregnable Gandikota fort by betraying its Hindu ruler, Pemmasani Thimma Nayudu. And then, he melts all the metallic Hindu Murtis forcibly snatched away from all the temples in ...
Illustration of Jai Sitaram Gosais
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
This essay narrates the evocative story of a forgotten sect of Hindu monks known as the Jai Sitaram Gosais
The Bangalore Ganapati Clashes of 1928
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
The full story of an infamous communal clash in Bangalore 1928 because Abbas Khan, a Councillor was offended by the Murti of a Ganapati
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