The Dharma Dispatch

How Maoism Transformed Three Generations of Youth into Terrorists The Maoist terrorist Saketh Rajan is a warning and a symbol of everything wrong with Naxalism — from its ideological conception to its eventual extinction. When subjected to philosophical inquiry, there is no fundamental distinction separating Socialism, Communism, Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism and Naxalism. It is a millenarian Godless religion armed with a Holy Book. The genocide and mayhem perpetrated by Communists is the most closely guarded open secret of Left wing terror in India. Read the whole brilliant analysis! 📑💪🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/how-maoism-transformed-three-generations-of-youth-into-terrorists

The Song of the Wayfarers This is my English translation of DVG's evocative Kannada poem, Daarigara Haadu or the Song of the Wayfarers. This poem belongs to the poetic sub-genre that can reasonably be called Virakta-Kavya or Renunciate Poetry. Its wellspring is the Vedic corpus, which extols the glory of Sanyasa or renunciation. The Song of the Wayfarers has a magnetic appeal that is hard to express in mere words. Here is a small sample. --- Neither want nor desire afflicts our mind for even half a moment; We know no fear nor do we embark on adventure; We fear not Fate which mocks us; We face Fate with modesty; We have in our hearts, a drop of the essence of Amrita; Savouring it in constancy, we know no anxiety. --- Do read the whole poem! 🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-song-of-the-wayfarers

Sri Vasudeva Sharan Agarwala and Sri A.S. Altekar: Lodestars of Indian History Research Sri Vasudeva Sharan Agarwala started out as a quasi-historian but finished his mortal journey as a profound spiritualist, almost like a Virakta. Everything he touched, he turned into unalloyed gold. Sri Anant Sadashiv Altekar wrote the first comprehensive history of the Rashtrakutas. He was also the first compiler of the full history of Benares. It was also Altekar who first unearthed the ruins of the ancient Mauryan Empire in Vaishali, Sonepur and other sites of Magadha. All the photos of Mauryan pillars and architecture we see in books and on the Internet are due to this ONE MAN! Read the whole inspiring essay! 🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/sri-vasudeva-sharan-agarwala-and-sri-as-altekar-lodestars-of-indian-history-research

Munir Elevating himself as Field Marshal is like building an urinal inside a swimming pool. https://youtube.com/shorts/iKwCTK15r_g?si=S_7SpBGBvoCCvDDt

When a Lake Inscription Opened a Chapter of Vijayanagara History Sri V.S. Sukhtankar travelled from Pune to a remote village in Andhra to decipher just one inscription related to Vijayanagara history. Sukhtankar stayed there for several days and spoke to the locals and gathered every minute detail of the region. If that was not enough, he physically entered the lake, built by Bhaskara Bhavadura, a prince of the Sangama Dynasty – in the 14th century. The result was an extraordinary treatise related to the history of the irrigation system of the Vijayanagara Empire! --- Do read this highly inspirational essay in full! 📑🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/when-a-lake-inscription-opened-a-chapter-of-vijayanagara-history

The Self-Imposed Cultural Commitment of Indian History Stalwarts Did you know that P.V. Kane travelled all the way to Nepal to read just one manuscript? The sort of cultural commitment that the exemplars of Indian history had set for themselves is truly astonishing. This is because they were attuned to the invisible, living connections that history, archeology, numismatics and allied disciplines have with lifeless documents, inscriptions and coins. Read the whole inspiring essay! 🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-self-imposed-cultural-commitment-of-indian-history-stalwarts

Unravelling Pakistan - The Jihadi State that Refuses to Learn Pakistan embodies the four stages that unravel in a typical Shakespearean tragedy: how evil first destroys the good and finally consumes itself. This artificial nation is an unlikely creation of a Faustian farce in the person of Jinnah who, like Satan, preferred to be the Sultan of the Nether World than to remain as the second in command to God. By the 1970s, every vestige of art and culture that Pakistan had inherited from undivided India was hurtling towards extinction. The extermination of Hindustani classical music is perhaps the most representative of this wilful embrace of medieval tribalism based on bigotry. Read the brilliant essay in full! 😡📑🪔🕉 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/unravelling-pakistan-the-jihadi-state-that-refuses-to-learn

The Superhuman Labours of the Pioneers of Indian History V.K. Rajwade issued a public letter in newspapers requesting the people of Maharashtra to send him any old documents, letters, Bakhairs etc., that they had in their possession. If they couldn’t send it, all they had to do was to send him a 15-paisa inland letter card, and he would personally travel to their location. The result of these superhuman labours was the production of his masterly work titled Sources of Maratha History, which runs into twenty-two volumes! Read the whole extraordinary story! 🙏🛕🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-superhuman-labours-of-the-pioneers-of-indian-history

The Education of the Exemplars of Indian History The stalwarts of Indian history regarded history as… history. To them, history was the quest for truth; it was not an extension counter of politics or ideology. Almost without exception, these savants of Indian history were deeply rooted in the Sanatana ethos. They had received their primary education pretty much in the traditional manner – first at home, then either in a Gurukula or in the typical village school that had existed in every nook and corner of Bharatavarsha. The annihilation of these village schools after “independence” is at the root of much social disorder and strife that we notice today. This is a truly inspiring essay. Do read in full and share widely. 📑🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-education-of-the-exemplars-of-indian-history

The Tapasya of the Tapasvins of Indian History This is the first episode of a series showcasing the Tapasya, the methods and lifestyle of the stalwarts of Indian history. It is easier to gain social media celebrity status by stirring up pride and make people feel good than spending lonely years engaged in honest, thorough and diligent study. Mediocrity is the mother of celebrity while excellence is a jealous mistress. It is this mindless, headlong embrace of mediocrity that must be undone to prevent further damage. The key to this is in understanding and embodying some of the major qualities, attitudes, traits and methods evolved and employed by the true exemplars of Indian history. 📑🕉🙏🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-tapasya-of-the-tapasvins-of-indian-history

We need to develop an infinite capacity to stomach unpleasant truths if we are serious about making meaningful and permanent rectifications in history. You cannot cure cancer with a BandAid. Dropping lessons about Muslim rule is an awful idea. 🙏🕉️ 📑🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/omitting-the-dark-saga-of-muslim-rule-from-ncert-textbooks-is-an-awful-idea-if-true