Notes on Culture

D.V. Gundappa (DVG) was one of the accomplished litterateurs of India. This is the first episode of a new series that introduces his literary contributions.

This essay traces the manner in which the Communists systematically infiltrated the Cultural spaces of India to achieve a political goal

The first part of a series exploring the systematic destruction of the timeless tradition of Sanatana storytelling and the civilisational costs it entails.

Devudu Narasimha Sastri's literary crowning glory, "Mahabrahmana" gives us a memorable depiction of the famous Vasistha-Visvamitra story.

The first part of a new series exploring the art, craft and aesthetics of K. Viswanath's acclaimed body of cinema. This is The Dharma Dispatch's tribute to the legend who joined the ranks of the immor ...

A little known story of an old woman who visited the Brihadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and her service to it.

The first episode of a new series tracing the evocative and rich tradition of Cow worship and cattle rearing in ancient India. The Go-Mata heritage is one of Bharatavarsha's unique gifts to world civi ...

Gopinath Kaviraj evocatively describes the profound spiritual Sadhana of a Vaishnava Sadhu named Shyamdas Babaji

Outlines of a recent social and cultural phenomenon that has infected our youth and invaded their psyches