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Sandeep Balakrishna (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian Author, Columnist, Independent Scholar and Public Intellectual and chief editor of The dharma dispatch. He has written notable books based on Indian history.

Early life and education
Sandeep Balakrishna was born on 20 June 1952 in Bengaluru. His father, Prem Nath Seth, was an executive of Bata Shoes and his mother, Leila Seth, a barrister by training, became the first female judge of the Delhi High Court and first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court in India.

Life and career
Sandeep Balakrishna translated S. L. Bhyrappa's Avarana novel from Kannada to English.

Novels

 * Invaders and Infidels (Book 1) (2020)
 * Tipu Sultan The Tyrant of Mysore (1984)
 * 70 years of Secularism (2018)

Awards

 * 1983 – Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet