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Ramayana Version
Notes On Culture
Decoding the Many Versions of the Ramayana
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
6 min read
Much confusion, debates and distortions have occurred owing to the hundreds of versions and retellings of the Ramayana that have appeared in all Indian (and foreign) languages. This episode begins a d ...
When the Sevuna Empire Detonated a Big Bang of Sanatana Cultural Glory in Dakshinapatha
History Vignettes
When the Sevuna Empire Detonated a Big Bang of Sanatana Cultural Glory in Dakshinapatha
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
In an astonishingly short span of just a century, the Sevuna Empire erected a Himalayan superstructure of Sanatana cultural glory in the realm of culture and economics. The feat remains unsurpassed ti ...
Illustration of a Court in Ancient India
History Vignettes
Bureaucracy as Dharma: Glimpses from Ancient India
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
In its most profound conception and in enlightened practice, Dharma was the foundation of bureaucracy in Ancient India
Maharaja College Mysore
Commentary
ನ ಹಿ ಅಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ - ಮೈಸೂರು ಡೈರಿಯ ಬೋಧೆ
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
9 min read
ಶ್ರೀ ಬಿ.ಜಿ.ಎಲ್. ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರ "ಮೈಸೂರು ಡೈರಿ" ಪುಸ್ತಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಹೊಮ್ಮುವ ಕರಾಳ ಸತ್ಯಗಳು ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ ಪತನದ ಸೂತ್ರರೂಪ ಗಾಥೆ
Ram Swarup’s Skewering of the Myth of the Liberal Muslim
Commentary
Ram Swarup’s Skewering of the Myth of the Liberal Muslim
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
In a deeply philosophical essay, Ram Swarup, the towering philosopher and intellectual elucidates why there is no such thing as a Liberal Muslim using the hounding of Mushirul Hasan as a case study
Illustration of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Notes On Culture
“Come, I am now going to Dictate the National Song!” Or How Vande Mataram was Composed
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
This is the firsthand story narrating the origins of how Bankim Chandra Chatterjee composed India's national song, Vande Mataram
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