Amit Shah
As anticipated, seasoned boxer Amit Shah delivered the knockout blow yesterday in a marathon session of the Rajya Sabha, which culminated in passing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by the upper house as well. The assorted media mouthpieces of the Congress and its secular friends were more in tune with this
Communism
Much ink continues to spilled over the recent “protests” over fee hike at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Until the dominance of social media, JNU used to be known as the “Mecca of Marxism,” “Where Red Beds Green,” “Kremlin on the Yamuna” and other unflattering epithets. At The Dharma Dispatch, we had
Podcasts
This is the second and concluding episode of a two-part series tracing the history of Communism in India since 1925. India presents a rather unique case for Communism. In its history of nearly a century, the Communists have failed to make serious inroads in capturing political power in the Centre.
History Vignettes
The life, career, and legacy of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar continues to remain an unnecessarily controversial topic just like most malaises afflicting politics and public life in India since Nawab Nehru was illegitimately thrust upon us as Prime Minister who inaugurated a dark new era of totalitarianism much worse than the
History Vignettes
Starting with this, The Dharma Dispatch will carry a series aimed at providing the true picture of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. This series will be in the nature of providing archived excerpts or full-length essays republished here. The following has been excerpted from The Owosso Argus-Press dated
Podcasts
This is the second episode of a multipart series of interviews with Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the creator of the Chanakya Television Series that aired on Doordarshan between September 1991 – August 1992. The hallmark of a classic work of art is an innate trait in it to have universal appeal transcending
Podcasts
It is said that one of the hallmarks of a great work of art is its capacity to endure and remain relevant across generations. The other hallmark is an innate trait in the work of art to have universal appeal transcending age groups, geographies, languages and cultures. This is also
Dispatches
As we stand on the anvil of the last few hours to 2019 CE, or as we will later usher in the Vikari Samvatsara, here is the list of bestselling essays and podcasts that were published on The Dharma Dispatch. ESSAYS How the Dravidianists Ravaged the Tamil Heritage and Gifted
Indian Philosophy
The Mysore Hiriyanna Library Prof Mysore Hiriyanna was once a name that blazed with a soft glow in the annals of Indian Philosophy. He was a much sought-after philosopher and a scholar of the highest order by academicians and lay people alike, and tutored at least three generations of scholars.
Nehruvianism
For the longest time, Hindus have been lectured to, talked down to, abused, baited and patronised by the Nehruvian establishment. That “longest time” is nearly seventy years. Nearly three-quarters of a century. Think about that timeframe. Most certainly, seventy years might be the proverbial drop in the ocean of history
Sabarimala
[dropcap style=”default, square, or circle”]T[/dropcap]he following is the press release sent to The Dharma Dispatch from Dr. M.V. Soundararajan, Convenor, Temples Protection Movement, an organisation based in Hyderabad. The full text of the press release is as follows. Sri Soundararajan is also renowned for his
Indian Education System
If the performance of key ministries in the Narendra Modi government is evaluated beginning with the worst, the Human Resources Development ministry tops the charts. If it is some consolation, one must laud HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar for coming out in the open and admitting that “not a single history