“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert Einstein
1. Village as the basic unit of Indian society
Dharma Dispatch has always been the gold standard in serious Dharmic writing. This article shares the facts on how a village was one, conceived, and two, formed the central segment of the Indian society. The invasions and colonial rule dismantled its foundations and rendered the Indian society weak later. But Sandeep Balakrishna shares some very interesting insights.
Good Indian writing is rare. Specifically, one which is not leftist. Because most of us have not ventured into this area. Lila Krishna, a writer who has her newsletter on Substack is an exception. She is writing a novel and sharing some of her writing with the readers. Love her work and recommend everyone to subscribe to her newsletter.
Those of us who have a pet dog know how much they mean to us. But are the dog owners - out of their inclination for "cute dogs" - skewing the whole group towards those with poor health?
In a study published in PLoS one in 2017, Peter Sandøe at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and colleagues identified a strange phenomenon. People who acquire dogs like pugs that have intrinsic health problems may be making a deliberate choice based on the animal’s need. Dogs with poor health require greater levels of caregiving. The increased caregiving and neediness of the dogs may, in turn, elicit greater feelings of attachment by the owner. So, poor health is actually the trait favoured by humans acquiring these dogs.
America is a country beset with drug problems. Opioid addiction is widespread and rampant. Methadone is one of the ways to counter addiction. The politics of Methadone is something larger that a simple dose and a med.
5. Science and Spirituality - a cliched perspective?
One of the problems with most writers influenced by the Western thought who venture into discussing spirituality is that they deal in false equivalence. The Eastern ways and the Abrahamic beliefs are poles apart in their construction and the manner of use. Yet the lazies find it easy to equate everything and get it all wrong.
We had also looked at the cusp of science and spirituality. Here is that article. (PS: it got a special comment from Dr. Deepak Chopra since it was first published on his blog)
For eighty years, the cross and the agency have traveled together. Missionaries mapped territories, pacified populations, and laundered political operations as charity. When India asks where was the money used, Washington sends a Secretary of State to make the question stop.
When Trump flew to Beijing carrying an unwinnable war, rising fuel prices, and a closed strait he could not reopen alone, Xi gave him pageantry with a twist. Nothing was signed. Yet, perhaps everything was decided.
From a tea stall to three terms as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has faced coordinated destruction from every direction and responded by building. Today we explore what he truly represents for India, for its civilization, and to its poor, and to its long-humiliated Hindu majority.
West Bengal's 2026 election was a national security war — fought against ISI arms networks, America's "Zo State" project, Chinese encirclement, Jamaat's border consolidation, and a state government that shielded every hostile network operating against India's most vulnerable geography.
Lila Krishna
Jessica Pierce
Zoe Adams
Desh Kapoor
