The Dharma Dispatch

An Imperative for Dharmic Education for Hindu Children in an Woke Pandemic Era -- Rediscovering the ideal and roots of our Dharmic education is an urgent imperative to prevent Hindu children from getting sucked into the Woke blackhole.   An excerpt follows. -- One of the central goals of our ancient ideal of education was to create a Praja, or a citizen in the truest sense of the word. Everything else came second. Notwithstanding what a person became later in life – a minister, bureaucrat, businessmen, professional, sports star – his standing, status and respect in society derived primarily from being a good citizen. Today, we have the exact inversion of this ideal: respect has been detached from ethics and conduct.    The brilliant scholar, Prof M. Hiriyanna captured the whole essence of the Sanatana educational ideal in these words: “the aim of education is not to inform the mind but to form it.”  -- Read the whole essay! 🛕🕉📑🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/an-imperative-for-dharmic-education-for-hindu-children-in-an-woke-pandemic-era

[Tales from our Archives] The Sinister Plot of Qazi Mohammed Essa and Other Stories from 1947 Firsthand accounts of the situation on the ground on the eve of India's independence including the sinister role played by Qazi Muhammad Essa. https://thedharmadispatch.substack.com/p/tales-from-our-archives-the-sinister

Who Drank European Liquor in the 19th Century Gorakhpur?   This is a truly eye-opening picture of alcoholism in 19th century Gorakhpur. It also reveals the minute details of how our society had been degraded back then. Centuries of alien invasions and misrule and British colonialism had pushed our society to the brink.   For example, here is the case of a community known as Doms. This was their sad plight. The total number of Doms in the Gorakhpur district is only 1,400, of whom about 250 are adult males not in jail. The principal reason of the large numbers of Doms in prison is their arrears. That is, the money they owe for purchasing drinks, which they have not paid. As they are mere beggars, they are seldom able to pay at all; but their vocabulary of abuse is large and their character is the lowest.    No society should be pushed to this extent. 🥲🙏📑🛕 -- Read the whole depressing piece! https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/who-drank-european-liquor-in-the-19th-century-gorakhpur

How Indians Intoxicated Themselves in the 19th Century: The Case of Gorakhpur   A fascinating report by a colonial British bureaucrat published in 1890 reveals the substances that Indians used to intoxicate themselves in north western India. This report classified the intoxicants on the basis of caste and religion. --  Here's a small excerpt.   "The stimulants used are tobacco, preparations of hemp, preparations of poppy and alcohol. Tobacco is consumed in three forms, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff. The last two forms of consumption are common to all classes; the former is considered a digestive, and the name of the latter is Brain-clearer.   Opium is eaten and drunk and smoked, and there is no prohibition of it in any class. Opium is smoked as either kafe, or madak, or chundu.   In the city of Gorakhpur, with a population of about 60,000 people, a recent census of opium eaters and smokers gave a total of 998 Mussulmans and 190 Hindus. In the Gorakhpur district, the Musalmans consume more opium than the Hindus."  -- This report has great historical importance. Do read it in full! 📑☺️😊🙏 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/how-indians-intoxicated-themselves-in-the-19th-century-the-case-of-gorakhpur

[LONG FORM] If you Loot Hindu Temples, you Suffer for 60,000 Years in the Gutter as a Worm. -- Hindu Sastras and inscriptions offer a timeless dictum and warning for people who steal from Hindu temples. It is more relevant today. 🙏🛕🛕

The 1949 Dehradun Session of the Congress: Or Nawab Nehru as an Apologist for Corruption   In this episode, DVG provides several eye-opening details about how pervasive corruption had become as early as 1949. We learn that the Dehradun Session of the Congress witnessed Nehru offering a pathetic apologia for this rot.   An excerpt.   If Gandhi had been alive today, it is highly doubtful whether be would have been able to control the forces of evil now working havoc in the body politic.    The discipline taught by Gandhi was forgotten when the Congress won power without a rival to check it or criticize it. It flung itself on the sweets of office and scrambled for the rewards of its years of sacrifice. -- Remember, this was written in 1949.   Do read the superb piece! 📑💪💪🕉🛕 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/the-1949-dehradun-session-of-the-congress-or-nawab-nehru-as-an-apologist-for-corruption

The Problem is Far More Serious than Including or Dropping Lessons on the Mughals in History Textbooks   The latest fracas over the chapters related to the Mughals in the NCERT history textbooks is also the latest testimony to the durable success of the Marxist mangling of Indian history. The wreckage has been so utter and extensive that every attempt to repair it is bound to fail. Like an embedded virus, it appears as if the Marxists have preprogrammed failure.    If the real and true history of India has to be written from the scratch, it requires scholars and writers and historians equipped with the knowledge, skill, talent and discipline that it demands. The Marxists have aborted at least three generations of such historians in the foetus.  -- Do read the full piece! 📑💪🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/the-problem-is-far-more-serious-than-including-or-dropping-lessons-on-the-mughals-in-history-textbooks

The Problem is Far More Serious than Including or Dropping Lessons on the Mughals in History Textbooks   The latest fracas over the chapters related to the Mughals in the NCERT history textbooks is also the latest testimony to the durable success of the Marxist mangling of Indian history. The wreckage has been so utter and extensive that every attempt to repair it is bound to fail. Like an embedded virus, it appears as if the Marxists have preprogrammed failure.    If the real and true history of India has to be written from the scratch, it requires scholars and writers and historians equipped with the knowledge, skill, talent and discipline that it demands. The Marxists have aborted at least three generations of such historians in the foetus.  -- Do read the full piece! 📑💪🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/the-problem-is-far-more-serious-than-including-or-dropping-lessons-on-the-mughals-in-history-textbooks

The "modern" Indian hesitates to take single step for which there is no precedent in the West. He attempts nothing which doesn't meet with Western approbation, and nothing passes with him which has not the hallmark of Western approval - PN Bose, 1915. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/a-searing-portrait-of-macaulays-hindu-children-circa-1916

[COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT] History of Karnataka: A Study   VIBHU ACADEMY offers an online course in Kannada titled History of Karnataka: A Study.  It covers a broad sweep of the history of Karnataka from the ancient times up to the contemporary period. Topics covered include areas such as politics, statecraft, administration, social life, art, sculpture, literature, and profiles of eminent men and women. The course is offered only in Kannada spread over 21 sessions, and is open to all. For full details on how to enroll in this course, click the link below: https://www.dharmadispatch.in/dispatches/course-announcement-history-of-karnataka-a-study

There have been no public meetings in the country other than those organized by the Congress. Like the jealous mistress, the Congress will let no other organism thrive anywhere in its neighbourhood - DVG, Circa 1949. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/how-the-post-independence-congress-stifled-freedom-of-expression-within-its-own-party

History Lessons from an Eyewitness: The Congress Dynastic Trajectory that Inevitably Created Rahul Gandhi   After less than two years of Independence, the legendary D.V.G began an essay series titled "The Congress Ailing" in which he clinically dissected the degeneracy of the Congress and sounded repeated warnings. Today, we shouldn't be surprised that the Congress is headed by someone like Rahul Gandhi. This is an invaluable primary source of recent Indian history.   Here are a few excerpts from DVG's brilliant essay series. ---   The nation-high stature of the Congress has shrunk to the modest proportions of an ordinary political party.   Power is as much a disintegrator as an integrator. So long as power remained a far-off object to be fought for and won, the rank and file in the Congress had complete unity. After the prize was captured, there was a scramble among them for shares.  Such promiscuity is loss of character.   The best that the well-wishers of the Congress can do for it is to close down its political front once for all. --- Remember, DVG wrote this in 1949! Less than two years after we got independence.   Read the whole brilliant piece! 💪📑🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/history-lessons-from-an-eyewitness-the-congress-dynastic-trajectory-that-inevitably-created-rahul-gandhi

The Loss of the Aryavarata Consciousness: Lessons from 10th Century Bharatavarsha -- The Aryavarta Consciousness had preserved the original Sanatana character of Bharatavarsha. The day Hindus lost it, the door was open for conquest & slavery. https://thedharmadispatch.substack.com/p/the-loss-of-the-aryavarata-consciousness

Synthesis of Brāhma and Kṣāttra in the Teaching and Lives of Sri Krishna, Chanakya and Vidyaranya Swami   Śrīkṛṣṇa can be regarded as an inimitable symbol of the brāhma-kṣāttra harmony. Only Kṛṣṇa has shown us the ultimate pinnacle of excellence of brāhma and kṣāttra.    Kṛṣṇa unambiguously declared that punishment of evil and protection of virtue were two faces of the same coin known as dharma. In his behaviour and actions, we notice the exact place for values such as truth, non-violence, forgiveness and magnanimity. This is why our tradition respects him as the supreme teacher of samanvaya (synthesis).   As long as our political leaders and kings had walked in Kṛṣṇa’s path, they had no confusion in values. Therefore, they did not have to suffer the ignominy of becoming slaves of foreigners. The moment we distanced from his vision, we were confronted with all kinds of calamities. Clearly, his ideals and values are our sole refuge to ward off these calamities.   The inimitable Shatavadhani Dr. Ganesh at his best! -- Do read the whole, powerful essay! 💪🛕🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/synthesis-of-br%C4%81hma-and-k%E1%B9%A3%C4%81ttra-in-the-teaching-and-lives-of-sri-krishna-chanakya-and-vidyaranya-swami

Amit Shah was just one of the latest and high-profile victims of the habitual Congress tyranny, which predates India’s Independence. When India got Independence, it was actually the Nehru dynasty that acquired a government for itself. -- My piece in News 18. https://www.news18.com/opinion/opinion-congress-misuse-of-agencies-where-does-one-even-begin-7422925.html

Harmony between Brāhma and Kṣāttra in the Sanatana Tradition   RIGHT FROM THE VEDIC ERA, the Indian tradition has accorded an exalted status to the harmony between brāhma and kṣāttra.   The conception of brāhma and kṣāttra in the Vedic corpus must not be boxed within the narrow confines of jāti or varṇa, mere accidents of birth.   In reality, both brāhma and kṣāttra are tenets that take the society forward. These are symbols of excellence that can emerge from all strata and all groups contained in a society.   The speciality of Sanātana-dharma is to: (1) systematically elucidate these principles (2) create and nurture a profound culture based on these, and (3) ensure the happiness and welfare of its adherents over thousands of years.   It is for this reason that our society venerates as models, several luminaries who personified the ideal of brāhma-kṣāttra harmony.   The three such luminaries that stand out in this context include Sri Krishna, Chanakya and Vidyaranya Swami. -- The clarity & brilliance of Shatavadhani Dr. Ganesh is unmatched! Do read the whole piece! 💪📑🛕🪔🕉 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/harmony-between-br%C4%81hma-and-k%E1%B9%A3%C4%81ttra-in-the-sanatana-tradition

The Amritpal Singh Saga is a Flopped Low-Budget Gangster Movie   The Dubai import named Amritpal Singh – the self-proclaimed leader of the Khalistani separatist outfit Waris Panjab De – remains underground. With the National Security Act slapped on him and his key aides, the story is playing out like a low-budget gangster movie with Amritpal and his pals accused of stashing weapons allegedly supplied by the ISI.   Amritpal, instead of becoming the flashy mob leader with his convoy of luxury cars, has now been reduced to a criminal on the run on a motorbike and most recently, on a motorized cart. -- Do read this sharp and biting commentary by Rami N. Desai calling the bluff of a two-bit gangster named Amritpal Singh! 📑💪📝 ☺️👍   https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/the-amritpal-singh-saga-is-a-flopped-low-budget-gangster-movie