The Dharma Dispatch

Illustration of the Ramayana
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
A.K. Ramanujan's infamous essay "300 Ramayanas," was a deliberate fabrication to rob Maharshi Valmiki's authorship of the Sanskrit original
Rama and Guha in a boat
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
Several famous and popular episodes and stories in the Ramayana are actually interpolations added to the epic over time. This essay unravels some major such episodes using evidence-backed scholarship. ...
Our Attitude Towards Srimad Ramayana Determines our Rama Bhakti
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
An essay on this Rama Navami exploring various facets of Srimad Ramayana, the genius of Maharshi Valmiki and the true value of studying this immortal epic.
Ramayana Painting.jpg
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
6 min read
Some of the most popular episodes associated with the Ramayana do not actually appear in Maharshi Valmiki's original Ramayana at all
Revisiting the Radio Station in Rang De Basanti: A Case Study in Bollywood Communist Propaganda
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
15 min read
A comprehensive critique of the 2006 Hindi film, "Rang De Basanti" as a vehicle of Communist propaganda
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