Notes on Indian Culture

Major Themes in DVG’s Creative Literature

DVG's creative literature comprised both Indian and non-Indian themes. He published several poetry collections and authored nine plays.

Sandeep Balakrishna

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Illustration of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

“Come, I am now going to Dictate the National Song!” Or How Vande Mataram was Composed

This is the firsthand story narrating the origins of how Bankim Chandra Chatterjee composed India's national song, Vande Mataram

Sandeep Balakrishna

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Recalling Leela Samson’s Sultanate of Unaccountability at Kalakshetra: The Impossibility of Undoing Cultural Destruction

Recalling how Leela Samson de-Hinduised Kalakshetra Foundation and Christianised Bharatanatyam and faces a CBI inquiry for corruption and criminal conspiracy

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 min read

How the Bhakti Movement Gave Hindus a Breather and the New Indian Renaissance

Sandeep Balakrishna

5 min read

Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav

Sandeep Balakrishna

11 min read

The Civilisational Wound and the Cultural Hoax Called Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb

A historical exploration of the phenomenon commonly known as Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb

Sandeep Balakrishna

5 min read

The Manu-Nauka Story and the Woke Gender-Benders: An Analysis

The first episode of a series featuring a comparative analysis of the immortal Manu-Nauka story and the guidance it offers for the contemporary era mired in mindless Wokeism.

Sandeep Balakrishna

5 min read

Stability as a Contemporary Metaphor in the Downfall of Indian Cinema

Stability is the bedrock of the Indian aesthetic tradition. Its gradual erosion is one of the singular factors contributing to the decline and downfall of this tradition. Nowhere is this more visible ...

Sandeep Balakrishna

5 min read