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[New Course Announcement] Bharatiya Vijnanam: Introduction to Ancient Indian Science Studies

[New Course Announcement] Bharatiya Vijnanam: Introduction to Ancient Indian Science Studies

Vibhu Academy announces a new course offering an in-depth introduction to Ancient Indian Science

Aurangzeb’s Death and Murshid Quli Khan’s Exile to the Dakkhan

Aurangzeb’s Death and Murshid Quli Khan’s Exile to the Dakkhan

Aurangzeb’s death changes Murshid Quli Khan's fortunes for the worse. His enemy Azim-ud-din now takes revenge by banishing Quli to the Dakhhan

Murshidabad: The City Founded by a Shia Bigot

Murshidabad: The City Founded by a Shia Bigot

Muhammad Hadi successfully destroys his assassination plot hatched by Aurangzeb's grandson. He gets the title Murshid Quli Khan and renames the city of Makhsudabad as Murshidabad.

The Best of The Dharma Dispatch: 2024 C.E.

The Best of The Dharma Dispatch: 2024 C.E.

The top ten, most read articles on The Dharma Dispatch during the year 2024

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar’s Timeless Guidance should be Revisited by our Educationists

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar’s Timeless Guidance should be Revisited by our Educationists

In the final episode of this series, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar delivers some enduring guidance regarding teaching, evaluation and examinations. This is a must-read for all people involved in making education policy today.

How to Study and Write History: Excellent Tips from Acharya Jadunath Sarkar

How to Study and Write History: Excellent Tips from Acharya Jadunath Sarkar

Acharya Jadunath Sarkar brings the full force of his scholarship and experience as a teacher to provide enduring tips on how to study and write history

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

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

In this important essay, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar offers a brilliant critique of the inapplicability of European teaching methods to Indian students. His insights are truly timeless.

Jadunath Sarkar’s Confessions as a History Teacher

Jadunath Sarkar’s Confessions as a History Teacher

A brilliant essay by Jadunath Sarkar, the doyen of Indian history, on the problems teaching history in college more than a century ago

Muhammad Azim-ud-din: Aurangzeb’s Grandson and the Extortionist of Bengal

Muhammad Azim-ud-din: Aurangzeb’s Grandson and the Extortionist of Bengal

Aurangzeb’s grandson, Muhammad Azim-ud-din was appointed as the Subahdaar of Bengal in 1697. He ruled the province with shocking oppression and extortion and clashed with Muhammad Hadi or Murshid Quli Khan

Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad

Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad

The first episode of a comprehensive history of Murshid Quli Khan, Aurangzeb's confidant and the first Nawab of Bengal

How Indian Communists Helped the Muslim League to Carve out Pakistan

How Indian Communists Helped the Muslim League to Carve out Pakistan

This is a little-known story of how the Indian Communists actively helped the Muslim League to create Pakistan

The Poignant Story of the Jai Sitaram Gosais

The Poignant Story of the Jai Sitaram Gosais

This essay narrates the evocative story of a forgotten sect of Hindu monks known as the Jai Sitaram Gosais

Here are Some Sanskrit Primary Sources of Maratha History

Here are Some Sanskrit Primary Sources of Maratha History

Presenting a list of some important Sanskrit primary sources narrating the history of the Maratha Empire

Podcast #83: Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Nehru Durbar's Personal Capitalist

Podcast #83: Jayanti Dharma Teja: The Nehru Durbar's Personal Capitalist

This episode narrates a real-life story of Jayanti Dharma Teja, a business tycoon who has largely been forgotten. It is the story of his meteoric rise and shocking fall.

Bhartrhari's Profound Body of Work

Bhartrhari's Profound Body of Work

In this episode, DVG dives into the profoundly philosophical body of work of Bhartrhari with special emphasis on his Niti-Shataka

Maharashtra Elections: When Shivaji Trounced Afzal Khan

Maharashtra Elections: When Shivaji Trounced Afzal Khan

Analysis of the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections in which the BJP-led Mahayuti scored a landslide triumph

DVG’s Majestic Exposition of Bhartrhari

DVG’s Majestic Exposition of Bhartrhari

The first of a multipart essay series carrying a masterly exposition of the immortal Sanskrit poet Bhartrhari, authored by D.V. Gundappa

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Tyagamurti who Awoke Benares from Sleep

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Tyagamurti who Awoke Benares from Sleep

Among the galaxy of the luminaries of India's Modern Renaissance, Madan Mohan Malaviya stands unique in terms of his multifaceted contribution

Urban Naxal T.M. Krishna Stopped from Hijacking M.S. Subbulakshmi’s Hallowed Legacy

Urban Naxal T.M. Krishna Stopped from Hijacking M.S. Subbulakshmi’s Hallowed Legacy

Commentary on the Madras High Court's verdict restraining Madras Music Academy from giving an award to urban naxal T.M. Krishna in the name of the late M.S. Subbulakshmi

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Super-Brahmin

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya: The Super-Brahmin

A 1932 tribute in honour of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya authored by an ICS officer brings out the life of Malaviya, whom the author celebrates as a Super Brahmin