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The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages
Commentary
The Calculated Destruction of History Writing in India in Five Stages
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
How history writing in India was systematically destroyed through institutional takeover
Illustration of Srinatha engaged in a poetic debate
Notes On Culture
Dindima Kavi’s Defeat and Srinatha’s Magnanimity
By
Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
5 min read
The Art of Intellectual Combat: Srinatha vs. Dindima in the Vijayanagara Court
The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam's Regime
History Vignettes
The Plight of Hindus Under the Nizam's Regime
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
K.M. Munshi provides a detailed and disturbing account of the pathetic plight of the majority Hindus under the oppressive rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad. This story finds little or no mention in mains ...
Illustration of Murshid Quli Khan's Aide Raghunandan in a war
History Vignettes
How Murshid Quli Khan Facilitated the Renewal of Hindu Power in Bengal
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
Nirnayasagar Press and Jawaji
History Vignettes
Nirnayasagar Press: A Forgotten National Treasure
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
18 min read
A long form essay on an iconic printing and publishing institution that for about a century enriched the world of Sanskrit and Bharatiya Bhasha
Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure
History Vignettes
Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
The second part of our essay series tracing the history of the unrivalled prosperity of Bengal narrates the account of Francois Bernier
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