Spotlight

Illustration of Ordinary Hindus in the medieval period

The Common Hindu Never Accepted Alien Muslim Rule as Indigenous

16 Jan 2026

5 min read

Sita Ram Goel conclusively proves how the ordinary Hindu always knew the true history of his country and culture contrary to colonial and Marxist fabrications

History Vignettes

The Lal Ishtahar and the Bloodbath of Hindus in Bengal

Sandeep Balakrishna

25 Jun 2019

6 min read

History Vignettes

Saartha: Ancient India's Travelling Multinational Corporations

Sandeep Balakrishna

31 Oct 2024

3 min read

Commentary

The Dark Side of a "Classic": Why Pather Panchali is Overrated Poverty Porn

Sandeep Balakrishna

29 Mar 2026

5 min read

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

History Vignettes

Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad

Sandeep Balakrishna

17 Dec 2024

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Origins of the Islamisation of Hindi Cinema

Subroto Roy

12 Apr 2021

6 min read

Notes On Culture

A Brief History of the Breathtaking Belur Chennakeshava Temple

Sandeep Balakrishna

19 Apr 2021

6 min read

Notes On Culture

Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Jun 2019

11 min read

Notes On Culture

The Inspiring Life of Mahatapasvi Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

05 Mar 2021

7 min read

Commentary

Probing the Granddaddies of the Liberal Wokes: An Introduction

Sandeep Balakrishna

20 Jan 2021

8 min read

Commentary

Civil Society as a Coinage of the Forces of the Fourth Generation Warfare

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 May 2020

8 min read

Second part of The Dharma Dispatch series on the fourth generation warfare in India, which pits Indians against India

Commentary

The Fourth Generation War Has Already Entered India: Here's How it Has Taken Over GenNext

Sandeep Balakrishna

05 May 2020

7 min read

Commentary

De-secularizing Indian History: Why the UGC Deserves our Kudos

Sandeep Balakrishna

24 Mar 2021

9 min read

Commentary

The Fourth Generation War is Being Fought in Coffee Shops in Urban India and the Last Chance to Combat it

Sandeep Balakrishna

07 May 2020

10 min read

Dispatches

How Acharya Jadunath Sarkar Built his Personal Library

Team Dharma Dispatch

26 Dec 2022

3 min read

Notes On Culture

The Aesthetic Elements of the Ramayana

Arjun Bharadwaj

08 Aug 2024

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Stability as a Contemporary Metaphor in the Downfall of Indian Cinema

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Jul 2022

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Deewaar: Disarming Hindus via Billa No. 786

Sandeep Balakrishna

07 Jul 2019

6 min read

History Vignettes

Here it is: A Ready Reckoner of Aurangzeb’s Industrial-Scale Temple Destructions

Team Dharma Dispatch

23 May 2022

8 min read

A partial list of Hindu Temples destroyed by the Mughal king Aurangzeb

History Vignettes

Nirnayasagar Press: A Forgotten National Treasure

Sandeep Balakrishna

24 Nov 2018

18 min read

A long form essay on an iconic printing and publishing institution that for about a century enriched the world of Sanskrit and Bharatiya Bhasha

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

A desperate Stalin faces a leadership vacuum and an unproven film star Vijay emerges as a challenger in Tamil Nadu’s most unpredictable election yet

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Aide Raghunandan in a war

History Vignettes

How Murshid Quli Khan Facilitated the Renewal of Hindu Power in Bengal

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Feb 2025

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

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Torture Method

History Vignettes

Building a Pit of Human Shit as the Revenue Model of Murshid Quli Khan

Sandeep Balakrishna

27 Jan 2025

6 min read

Murshid Quli Khan adopted extremely savage methods of torture to extract revenue from the Bengal province