Spotlight

Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Aide Raghunandan in a war
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
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
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 ...
Mir Jumla Leads a Brutal War
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
Between 1643 - 50, Mir Jumla conducted a series of raids throughout Andhra and Tamil Nadu and devastated entire towns and villages. The Poonamalle Mosque was formerly a Hindu temple which Jumla destro ...
Tarikh-i-Habibi: I was Sure he Would Stab me at the First Opportunity: K.K. Muhammed
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
An exposition on the career of Marxist historian Irfan Habib from the early days
When Hindu Women Sold Their Jewels to Fight Mahmud Ghazni
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
A deliberately hidden fact of the history of alien Muslim invasions into India is how, on several occasions, Hindus across India displayed vigorous national unity against a common enemy. The poorer cl ...
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