Spotlight

Dhurandhar Movie Poster
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
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
The Islamic System of Nazar as a Source of Corruption
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
The Nazar system was a defining feature of Islamic regimes in India. In practice, it normalised political and official corruption at all levels beginning with the monarch himself, and was responsible ...
M.S. Subbulakshmi and T.M. Krishna
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Commentary on the Madras High Court's verdict restraining Madras Music Academy from giving an award to urban naxal T.M. Krishna in the name of the late M.S. Subbulakshmi
Siege of Delhi Illustration
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
This is the story of Pakistan's attempted capture of Delhi less than a month after India attained independence and how Sardar Patel foiled it
Rama and Guha in a boat
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
Several famous and popular episodes and stories in the Ramayana are actually interpolations added to the epic over time. This essay unravels some major such episodes using evidence-backed scholarship. ...
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