All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography
Note: This essay is the second part of The Dharma Dispatch series documenting the methodical and systematic manner in which the British not only destroyed Indian food production but converted the country into a nation of beggars. This series has been excerpted from the meticulously researched book, “Annam Bahukurvita” authored
Note: Beginning with this essay, The Dharma Dispatch will carry a series documenting the methodical and systematic manner in which the British not only destroyed Indian food production but the attitude, manners, customs, and the conception of food that had been handed down to Indians since the Vedic period. This
A long form essay on an iconic printing and publishing institution that for about a century enriched the world of Sanskrit and Bharatiya Bhasha
Amid the ongoing, spirited protest by the Hindu community against the SC Verdict on Sabarimala, is some good news of sorts. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the much-awaited and much-needed restoration of the original name of Allahabad: Prayagraj. To be sure, it is not merely
The terminal Battle of Talikota permanently extinguished the glorious Hindu Empire of Vijayanagara. But the eternal lessons it left behind endures like a civilisational scar that cannot be erased.
We’ve seen how extraordinarily accurate Sitaram Goel was in his assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru whom he characterized as “a bloated Brown Sahib” and “the combined embodiment of all the imperialist ideologies Islam, Christianity, White Man’s Burden, and Communism.” We had paused the previous part of this series with
We have briefly introduced the invaluable contributions of Sitaram Goel, one of the strongest voices in the post-Independence era of India speaking up for and defending Sanatana Dharma, and at the same time, offering sledgehammer-like blows to the combined forces of the residues of imperialism that had so
Without doubt, Ram Swarup, Sitaram Goel and Arun Shourie (before he irreversibly slid down the oily wall of slathered ambition and reached his current position) occupy places of deserved eminence in the pantheon of what is crudely known as Hindu revivalism after India attained freedom from about a thousand years
A cultural analysis of the real symbolism of the Taj Mahal
The full story of an infamous communal clash in Bangalore 1928 because Abbas Khan, a Councillor was offended by the Murti of a Ganapati