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Day 2 of Season 5 of my lecture series on the complete history of the Vijayanagara Empire begins at 6 PM today. https://www.youtube.com/live/puhzUgiNU5U?si=qnkwL49Nq3v6x0VX

There is a direct connection between Viscount Valentia's contempt for Holi with the third-class, anti-Hindu film called *Damini* . Discover what it is: https://www.dharmadispatch.in/when-the-sahib-hated-holi-viscount-valentias-1803-varanasi-journal/

🚨 The Playbook to Subvert Constitutional Watchdogs: An Exposé Are we witnessing a calculated strategy to erode trust in India's constitutional institutions? In our latest episode on The Dharma Podcast , I dissect the sustained campaign targeting the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and reveal the historical blueprint behind institutional delegitimization. Key Highlights: ▫️ How manufactured outrage is mobilized against key institutions ▫️ Lessons from past targeting of constitutional and military figures ▫️ The civilizational and democratic roots that keep India resilient Watch the full conversation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqT18ImFboE

In 1803, the Nawab of Awadh introduced a British Viscount as “Mrs. Company’s grandson.” 🧵 Why did 19th-century Indians believe the East India Company was an actual old woman? Dive into this remarkable account of colonial indulgence, power dynamics, and historical illusion 👇 🔗 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/the-east-india-company-is-an-old-woman-and-valentia-is-her-grandson/

From illegal AK-56 possession and underworld ties to giving sermons on "peace and love"—the PR machinery never stops. A look at the documented history versus the manufactured victimhood of *Sanjay Dutt!* https://youtu.be/ovWgAwM_Bmc?si=52xEGc8owbBm5EUY

The Forgotten Aftermath of Buxar (1803) 📜 Most people credit the Battle of Plassey for British rule in India, but the 1764 Battle of Buxar was the real turning point. Check out this fascinating historical essay featuring Lord Valentia’s 1803 travelogue — covering everything from ancient Vedic origins to the military strategy that altered Indian history forever. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/the-battle-of-buxar-through-british-eyes-lord-valentias-1803-bihar-travelogue/

🚨 Must-Read History Insight! Have you ever wondered how ancient, vibrant Indian spaces were systematically converted into colonial administrative hubs and opium cantonments by the British? 🏛️💨 A gripping essay on The Dharma Dispatch explores George Viscount Valentia’s 19th-century travelogue, tracing the journey From Pushpapura to an Opium Cantonment: Valentia’s Day in Bankipur. It offers a rare, eye-opening look at how colonists documented their takeover of our historic geography. 📖 Read the full essay here: https://www.dharmadispatch.in/from-pushpapura-to-an-opium-cantonment-valentias-day-in-bankipur/

🚩 *Must-Read History: The Sage Who Rebuilt Somnath* Most of us know about the repeated attacks on the sacred Somnath Temple, but very few know about Bhava Bṛhaspati—the 12th-century Great Ācārya who persuaded King Kumarapala to reconstruct the temple and make it eternal! 🙏 Read this inspiring and deeply researched essay on civilizational strength and devotion: 👇👇 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/bhava-brhaspati-the-acarya-who-made-somnath-eternal/

How did India displace its genuine spiritual ascetics and allow Leftist goons to take center stage? This isn't just about a change in narrative—it's about a deep civilizational rupture. Unpacking the history in our latest video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdilVuawRhw

Vedanti Chikkalinganna. (1864–1937). Krishnaraja Mohalla. Mysore. He did not go searching for a guru. In 1906 the guru came. Within a year and a half Chikkalinganna became a Vedantin. Till 1937 he taught in mathas, homes, the Mysore Town Hall. Thousands came. He feared no debate. He bowed to every elder. Humility was his ornament. Rajayogi Chikkalinganna Swami. 🕉🛕🪔 Read this evocative tribute! https://www.dharmadispatch.in/kaivalya-vedanti-chikkalinganna-the-forgotten-saint/

[PODCAST] Who rewrote India’s history? K. M. Munshi warned that India still lacked a history that captured the civilisation as Indians themselves understood it. This video traces the five stages through which that historical tradition was dismissed, marginalised and ultimately pushed out of the mainstream. The battle over India’s past is not merely academic. It is a battle over memory, identity and civilisational continuity. Watch. Think. Decide. https://youtu.be/dvTmYV9op2E

Read this before you treat “Bhutto” as only a Pakistani surname. Nov 1947. Patel gets the call. Junagadh’s Dewan has asked India to take over the state. Munshi’s reply: Jai Somanatha. That Dewan was Shahnawaz Bhutto. His name comes from Bhurṭṭaka — a Suryavamsha Chalukya. Jaisalmer inscriptions of 1148 and 1173 still call the line Bhuṭṭā / Bhutta. They were not Muslim then. Conversion did not just change the religion. It wiped the memory, altered the name, and turned a Kshatriya house into the family that promised India a thousand-year war. The biographies stop at four centuries. The stones do not. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/from-bhurttaka-to-bhutto-the-suryavamsha-lineage-pakistan-erased/

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Behind every ancient stone inscription is an unsung guild of scribes, poets, and master engravers. Discover how these medieval artists turned history, revenue, and poetry into permanent historical records across ancient India. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/the-little-known-history-of-inscription-writers-and-engravers/

Virakta Kavya—the profound tradition of renunciate poetry that transformed ancient spiritual inquiry into powerful cultural expression across Indian languages. Read the full exploration https://www.dharmadispatch.in/virakta-kavya-or-renunciate-poetry-in-the-indian-literary-tradition/