Spotlight

Illustration of Mamata Banerjee with Imams

The Fall of Mamata Banerjee: A History of West Bengal’s Political Decay and the 2026 BJP Shift

07 May 2026

17 min read

Understanding the transition from Congress and Communist rule to Mamata Banerjee's terror-regime, and why the BJP’s 2026 victory marks the end of a century-long Bhadralok hegemony

Commentary

Sita Ram Goel’s Letter to Romila Thapar is a Fine Model for Dealing with Left-Liberals: An Introduction

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Mar 2020

5 min read

Notes On Culture

The Decree of Madhusudana and the Lessons for our Supreme Court Milords

Sandeep Balakrishna

21 Oct 2022

5 min read

Commentary

How Indian Communists Helped the Muslim League to Carve out Pakistan

Sandeep Balakrishna

13 Dec 2024

8 min read

History Vignettes

The Appalling Lifestyle of the Muslim Aristocracy

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Dec 2020

6 min read

Commentary

The Untold Story of how the Doon School Goon Squad Ran Bharatavarsha to the Ground

Sandeep Balakrishna

05 Jun 2019

8 min read

History Vignettes

The Far Reaching Implications of the Medieval Muslim Chronicler's Psyche on the History of the Future

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 May 2020

11 min read

Commentary

The Art of Reading - An Instructive Lesson from DVG

Team Dharma Dispatch

09 Jan 2025

5 min read

Notes On Culture

Duryodhana’s Lakshagriha Plot and the Congress Party’s Advisors

Sandeep Balakrishna

03 Jun 2020

6 min read

Commentary

Phoney Western Indices as Tools for Recolonising Bharatavarsha

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Jan 2023

6 min read

Commentary

How Indira Gandhi Systematically Targetted Ramnath Goenka

Sandeep Balakrishna

04 Feb 2019

6 min read

Notes On Culture

Ten Random Subhashitas of Bharthari

Team Dharma Dispatch

04 Sep 2025

4 min read

A random selection of ten Subhashitas of Bharthari drawn from the Niti and Vairagya Shatakas

History Vignettes

The Awesome Commercial Highway Networks of Ancient Bharatavarsha

Sandeep Balakrishna

29 Oct 2024

4 min read

Notes On Culture

Conflict Resolution and Legal Decisions in Temple Management: An Evocative Portrait from the Rashtrakuta Era

Sandeep Balakrishna

19 Oct 2022

4 min read

Commentary

The Nehru Dynasty Durbaris as the Inheritors of the Mughal Durbaris

Sandeep Balakrishna

02 Jan 2023

7 min read

Commentary

The Amritpal Singh Saga is a Flopped Low-Budget Gangster Movie

Rami N Desai

27 Mar 2023

5 min read

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

Commentary

The Foundation and Value of Language Education in the Indian Tradition

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh

25 Nov 2023

6 min read

History Vignettes

History Lessons for Incredible India: The True Meaning of the “Tower of Victory” at Qutub Minar

Sandeep Balakrishna

06 Mar 2020

12 min read

A history essay delineating the real meaning and civilisational significance of Qutub Minar or The Tower of Victory

History Vignettes

Gandhi was “Our Man” said the British: George Orwell’s Devastating Critique

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Feb 2021

7 min read

Excerpts from the iconic George Orwell's incisive critique of Mohandas Gandhi, his methods and his legacy reveal several unflattering truths about the Mahatma.

Congress Leaders Siddaramaiah versus Shivakumar

Commentary

Karnataka Chaos: A Mess Created by the Congress High Command

Sandeep Balakrishna

27 Nov 2025

6 min read

The leadership crisis between Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shiva Kumar in the Karnataka Congress is a mess created by the Congress High Command

History Vignettes

Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension

Team Dharma Dispatch

15 Aug 2022

5 min read

The second and concluding part of our series on life inside Bahadur Shah Zafar's Red Fort shows how he and his royalty indulged in extravagant spending and led a reckless life.

Commentary

Somanatha Temple Restoration: How Nehruvian Secularism Failed to Stop Sardar Patel's Sacred Vow

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 May 2026

7 min read

Tracing the antiquity, serial destructions, and modern resurrection of the historic Somanatha temple that outlasted invaders and defeated secular politics

History Vignettes

When Hindu Women Sold Their Jewels to Fight Mahmud Ghazni

Team Dharma Dispatch

29 Apr 2021

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 ...