Spotlight

How Dhurandhar has Unravelled Pakistani Stooges in India

16 Dec 2025

6 min read

‘Dhurandhar’ is the first Indian movie that shows Pakistan as an Islamic theocratic state masquerading as a democracy and how it has cultivated a vast ecosystem of supporters in India

Illustration showing Murshid Quli Khan's men beating villagers

History Vignettes

“The Bengal Province is being Sucked by a Double Set of Leeches!”

Sandeep Balakrishna

24 Jan 2025

5 min read

Dispatches

The Best of Dharma Dispatch: 2025

Sandeep Balakrishna

01 Jan 2026

4 min read

Notes On Culture

The Story of Manasa Devi the Naga Goddess of Bhagirathi

Team Dharma Dispatch

17 Jan 2023

5 min read

Illustration of Maoist Terrorists in a Jungle

Commentary

How Maoism Transformed Three Generations of Youth into Terrorists

Sandeep Balakrishna

01 Jun 2025

10 min read

Ghar-Wapsi Temple Surrounded by Mosque.jpg

Commentary

Ghar-Wapsi in an Era of Mounting Losses and Existential Crisis: The Conclusion

Sandeep Balakrishna

08 Sep 2025

7 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

Notes On Culture

The Concept of Širk: What it Meant Before the Advent of Islam

Koenraad Elst

12 Aug 2019

23 min read

Commentary

Maharashtra Elections: When Shivaji Trounced Afzal Khan

Sandeep Balakrishna

29 Nov 2024

8 min read

Commentary

The Forgotten 1947 Siege of Delhi: Scripted in Pakistan, Executed by Indian Muslims and Foiled by Sardar Patel

Sandeep Balakrishna

21 Feb 2025

8 min read

History Vignettes

P.V. Kane’s Magnificent Guidance for Serious Scholars of Sanatana Culture and Heritage

Sandeep Balakrishna

28 Aug 2024

6 min read

Notes On Culture

The Sadhana of Sri Shyamdas Babaji

Team Dharma Dispatch

29 Dec 2025

6 min read

Gopinath Kaviraj evocatively describes the profound spiritual Sadhana of a Vaishnava Sadhu named Shyamdas Babaji

History Vignettes

Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad

Sandeep Balakrishna

17 Dec 2024

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Sunrise of the Hotel Business in Bangalore

Sandeep Balakrishna

28 Jul 2025

5 min read

Commentary

Jamba Lakidi Pamba: An Underrated Classic that Foretold the Woke Epidemic

Sandeep Balakrishna

02 Jun 2023

7 min read

Commentary

The Loathsome Sleaze of Jahangir's Nobles: Mahals as Dens of Lust

Team Dharma Dispatch

08 Oct 2021

4 min read

Notes On Culture

A Brief History of the Breathtaking Belur Chennakeshava Temple

Sandeep Balakrishna

19 Apr 2021

6 min read

Commentary

Ghar-Wapsi Celebrated in Contemporary Indian Literature

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Sep 2025

4 min read

History Vignettes

Hindu Voices from the Malabar Graveyard: The Rani of Nilambur Records the Misery of the Malabar Hindu Women

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Oct 2019

7 min read

History Vignettes

How Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Ousted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar from the Cabinet: The Full Story

Team Dharma Dispatch

14 Apr 2019

19 min read

History Vignettes

Eksar Viragals: A Forgotten Heritage Swallowed by Urbanisation

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Sep 2025

7 min read

The Viragals (Hero Stones) at Eksar in Borivali represent a fragment of Bharatavarsha's glorious naval heritage left behind by Bhoja Raja, Kadambas and Shilaharas. They are now in a compound of the po ...

Commentary

Consumed by Communism: The Sordid Story of how Amartya Sen Ruined the Nalanda Revival

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Apr 2019

9 min read

The comprehensive story of how Amartya Sen thoroughly botched up the revival of the Nalanda University using a mix of nepotism, incompetency and ad hoc functioning

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan reading the Quran

History Vignettes

The Bigotry of Murshid Quli Khan and the Farman that Founded Kolkata

Sandeep Balakrishna

25 Feb 2025

5 min read

Murshid Quli Khan was a fanatical Shia who ran his administration strictly according to the diktats of the Quran

Notes On Culture

When Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan Composed the Mela Ragamalika in Just a Week

Dr. N.S. Rajaram

29 Oct 2022

4 min read

Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan was a child prodigy whose compositions match the quality of the Trinity of Carnatic Classical Music.