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History Vignettes
Did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Really get India her Freedom?
Sandeep Balakrishna
30 Jan 2019
10 min read
Notes On Culture
An Unknown Anecdote of an Old Woman and the Brihadeeshwara Temple
Sandeep Balakrishna
16 May 2020
6 min read
History Vignettes
Bahadur Shah Zafar's Profligate Spending Financed by British Pension
Team Dharma Dispatch
15 Aug 2022
5 min read
History Vignettes
Remembering D. B. Parasnis: The Selfless Giant of Maratha History
Team Dharma Dispatch
25 Apr 2026
5 min read
Commentary
In Marxist Mythology, the Bhagavad Gita is a Stratagem for Oppression
Shankar Saran
17 Jan 2020
7 min read
Dispatches
Sir M. Visvesvarayya: Annadaata Sukhi Bhava!
Team Dharma Dispatch
12 Sep 2022
5 min read
History Vignettes
The Awesome Commercial Highway Networks of Ancient Bharatavarsha
Sandeep Balakrishna
29 Oct 2024
4 min read
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Commentary
Ghar-Wapsi: Meos, Malkana Rajputs and a Saga of Missed Opportunities
Sandeep Balakrishna
28 Aug 2025
5 min read
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History Vignettes
Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Original Nehruvian Crony Capitalist
Sandeep Balakrishna
03 Feb 2021
8 min read
Commentary
The Dark Side of a "Classic": Why Pather Panchali is Overrated Poverty Porn
Sandeep Balakrishna
29 Mar 2026
5 min read
History Vignettes
Nawab Nehru’s Undying Love for Muslim Despotism Exposed Threadbare
Team Dharma Dispatch
14 Jan 2026
5 min read
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Notes On Culture
Dharmic Education is not Learning but Realisation
Sandeep Balakrishna
27 Apr 2023
3 min read
In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it.
Notes On Culture
Revisiting the Radio Station in Rang De Basanti: A Case Study in Bollywood Communist Propaganda
Sandeep Balakrishna
29 Apr 2020
15 min read
History Vignettes
The Qualifications of a Medieval Muslim Chronicler and the Nature of Muslim Histories
Sandeep Balakrishna
13 May 2020
6 min read
History Vignettes
Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say
Shankar Saran
13 Feb 2020
5 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
History Vignettes
The Tragic Tale of Sitaram Ray, the Last Hindu King of Bengal
Sandeep Balakrishna
17 Feb 2025
7 min read
History Vignettes
Hindu Disunity as the Success Recipe of Malik Kafur
Sandeep Balakrishna
16 Mar 2022
4 min read
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Notes On Culture
The Aesthetic Elements of the Ramayana
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
08 Aug 2024
5 min read
Adikavi, Maharshi Valmiki provided the first great model for composing poetry imbued with all the nine Rasas. He authored the Ramayana at a time when the formal academic discipline of aesthetics was n ...
Commentary
Ram Swarup and Sita Ram Goel: Intellectual Kshatriyas who Wielded the Pen like a Sabre
By
Shankar Saran
24 Apr 2019
19 min read
History Vignettes
The Magnificent Cultural Realm of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
21 Dec 2020
8 min read
An essay narrating the life and accomplishments of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the cultural founder of the modern Mysore State
History Vignettes
The Lal Ishtahar and the Bloodbath of Hindus in Bengal
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
25 Jun 2019
6 min read
Notes On Culture
How Thrissur is Connected with Arasikere via Kunjanambi Setti
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
17 Oct 2022
6 min read
The concluding episode of this series shows how Kunjanambi Setti from Padiyur, near Thrissur, became a profound connection with Arasikere, Karnataka.
History Vignettes
[PHOTOESSAY] A Bridge on the River Haridra
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
02 Apr 2026
5 min read
Forgotten Vijayanagara Heritage: The Ancient Haridra Dam and Crumbling Kali Temple of Devarabelakere.
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