Spotlight

A Voyage into Vijayanagara: The Violation of Sanctity

14 hours ago

6 min read

For centuries, Kishkinda was a sacred Kshetra, the abode of Hanuman. Its environs birthed the great Hindu Empire of Vijayanagara. Over the last three decades, its sanctity has been almost completely e ...

Notes On Culture

From Independence to the Emergency: The Sordid Journey of the Downfall of Indian Cinema

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 Jul 2022

7 min read

Commentary

How Dhurandhar has Unravelled Pakistani Stooges in India

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Dec 2025

6 min read

Illustration showing Rahul Gandhi Waving General Naravane's Memoir

Commentary

Rahul Gandhi and General Naravane’s Book: A Rehash of the Cold War Era Script

Sandeep Balakrishna

13 Feb 2026

5 min read

Illustration of Mricchakatika, Indira and Sanjay Gandhi

Notes On Culture

Mricchakatika as an Allegory of the Emergency

Sandeep Balakrishna

16 Feb 2026

8 min read

History Vignettes

Tipu Sultan: The Aurangzeb of South India

Sandeep Balakrishna

04 May 2020

12 min read

Commentary

Mohammad Shahbuddin: The Posterboy of Bihar's Jungle Raj

Sandeep Balakrishna

15 Nov 2025

6 min read

History Vignettes

When Hindu Women Sold Their Jewels to Fight Mahmud Ghazni

Team Dharma Dispatch

29 Apr 2021

5 min read

Notes On Culture

How Sri Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sarma Showed a Dharma-Drohi His True Place

Sandeep Balakrishna

17 Dec 2021

5 min read

History Vignettes

How Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Ousted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar from the Cabinet: The Full Story

Team Dharma Dispatch

14 Apr 2019

19 min read

History Vignettes

The Verse that Heralded a Half Century of the Splendid Reign of Paramara Bhoja Raja

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 Aug 2020

11 min read

Notes On Culture

Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Jun 2019

11 min read

Illustration of Jadunath Sarkar Lecturing

Commentary

Jadunath Sarkar’s Piercing Analysis of European Teaching Methods in India

Team Dharma Dispatch

25 Dec 2024

4 min read

History Vignettes

The Delhi and Gulbarga Massacre of Hindus: Precursors to the Forgotten Kohat Hindu Genocide

Sandeep Balakrishna

22 Aug 2019

4 min read

History Vignettes

When Pepper gave Bharatavarsha a New Name: The Sink of Precious Metals

Sandeep Balakrishna

09 Aug 2021

4 min read

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

Current State of the ancient Prahladapuri Temple, Multan

History Vignettes

The Wages of Civilisational Amnesia: What the Tragic Fate of the Prahladapuri Temple Teaches us

Sandeep Balakrishna

04 Jan 2023

6 min read

History Vignettes

Why Shivaji is the True Shakti-Putra

Team Dharma Dispatch

28 Jan 2026

6 min read

Dispatches

Padmasimha in Chittorgarh: An Excerpt from Jahangir's Messenger

Team Dharma Dispatch

05 Jan 2026

5 min read

An excerpt from Sandeep Balakrishna's historical novel, "Jahangir's Messenger."

Commentary

DVG's Portrait of the Servility of State Congress Ministers to the High Command

Sandeep Balakrishna

14 Oct 2023

3 min read

In this episode, DVG sketches an unflattering picture of the servility of the State Congress Ministers to the dictatorial High Command.

History Vignettes

What the Sufis Really Said: In Their Own Words

Sandeep Balakrishna

13 Mar 2020

7 min read

The reality of Sufism in India is extremely dark, violent and fanatical as evidenced by copious volumes of Sufi literature

Notes On Culture

The Story of Uddalaka – Aruni

Sandeep Balakrishna

12 Apr 2019

4 min read

Illustration of Ordinary Hindus in the medieval period

History Vignettes

The Common Hindu Never Accepted Alien Muslim Rule as Indigenous

Team Dharma Dispatch

16 Jan 2026

5 min read

Sita Ram Goel conclusively proves how the ordinary Hindu always knew the true history of his country and culture contrary to colonial and Marxist fabrications

History Vignettes

Visiting the Extraordinary Village Administrative Universe of Ukkal

Sandeep Balakrishna

13 Jul 2022

7 min read

The fourteen inscriptions discovered in 1893 at Ukkal village, now in Tiruvannamalai district, open the doors to a splendid universe of how village administration had been perfected in south India.