The Dharma Dispatch

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
When Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan Composed the Mela Ragamalika in Just a Week
By
Dr. N.S. Rajaram
4 min read
Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan was a child prodigy whose compositions match the quality of the Trinity of Carnatic Classical Music.
DVG writing
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
13 min read
A tribute to the legendary D.V.Gundappa or DVG on his 138th birthday
The Loss of Rashtra-Rna: The Tighter we Embrace Western Democracy the More Christianized Our Outlook Becomes
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
8 min read
A cultural commentary on key civilisational lacunae in the Indian constitution and how they have played out in practice for seven decades
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. ...
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