Notes on Culture

The 900-year old Belur Chennakeshava Temple is one of the greatest treasure-houses of Indian art, architecture and sculpture, all of which was accomplished by the motivation of Sanatana piety. This es ...

The first episode of a series on correctly understanding the Manusmriti drawn from D.V. Gundappa's treatise titled "The Code of Manu."

The Manusmriti is a bitter medicine for the so-called modern man. In Manu's eyes, the modern man is in a pathetic condition and needs therapy.

A brief journey exploring the approach, method and discipline that went behind Acharya Jadunath Sarkar's writing his five-volume magnum opus, "History of Aurangzeb."

In the second episode, DVG gives us a captivating and heartwarming portrait of the innate strength of a Hindu joint family system and characterises it as a government of the people in the real sense.

An essay recounting an overlooked, contemporary cultural revolution ushered in through children's comics

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 ...