- Is there such a thing about a Deccan Culture? I don’t necessarily mean the “Dakhini” culture but an intermediate geo-cultural zone between North & South India.
- As a corollary it’s a bit interesting that the “Dakhini” culture didn’t emerge as a binding agent quite in the same way as the Delhite-Hindustani one.
- In the spirit of this thread about differences between North & South Karnataka; I was looking at the 50 state proposal in India. Does India need more states?
- I was shocked to learn about “Gandhinagar“, which is the new capital of Gujarat. I do remember there was controversy to change the name of Ahmedabad but it seemed done and dusted.
- My personal view is that it seems churlish and rather offensive to make a “Saffron” sister city to Ahmedabad but my view is that once again we must be grateful to QeA for avoiding cultural (if not physical) extinction.
Author: Zack Zavidé
Tweet of the Day
my white friend just whatsapped me "In the last year I've taught myself to cook several pakistani dishes like Daal, Nihari, Aloo Gohst and Falooda (yum)."
hahahaha he might just trigger a new IndoPak war
— Zachary Zavidé (@ZacharyLatif) October 11, 2018
I should have added “woke white friend” but I found this to be so hilarious. I mentioned that he should just say “Indo-Mughlai” or “Indo-Pakistani” though from my understanding Nihari, Aloo Ghosht and Falood have definite Turanian influences. Daal of course is a staple food but depends on what type of Daal; Haleem is certainly ours.
Much as I love my woke white friends (they find my persistent Toryism to be hilarious) I don’t approve of their use of the term desi as in this recent tweet:
Is Mrs Batra a reasonable name for a London desi woman in her thirties?
Anyone know?— Ben Aaronovitch (@Ben_Aaronovitch) October 7, 2018
Map of Civilizations
This world #map labels every country in its local language and script. I am a huge fan! High res version: https://t.co/80QzZVWNMY pic.twitter.com/btW3cmpQfk
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 11, 2018
Since the above map is only really visible on clicking I thought I would share another map that was better colour-coded.
A book that deeply influenced me as a child was the Clash of Civilisations. I thought Samuel Huntington’s contention that Civilisations correlate to religions was a bit too blunt. However what also influenced me was the first chaptre of Ludwig Von Mises’s book, “Nation, State & Economy.”
The ineffectual British Monarchy and why one shouldn’t Diss Chris
I’ve started to use Twitter alot more as I’ve was rather tied up (to my loss I still haven’t been able to meet Kabir Sahib in person). I have begun to prepare for a national franchising of one of my brand’s Bubble Tap.
Incidentally my life comes to full circle as I mirror what my Irani great grandfather did in Kohlapur upon pioneering there*; he opened an ice-cream shop I opened a Dessert shop upon moving to Cambridge.
At any rate as is pretty evident my political instincts are quite High Tory. I only assume the SJW mantle to fight back against White Liberals since I dislike Munfaqeenism (to thine ownself be true). A classic example.
ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING: Christopher Columbus
Let's make this Columbus Day a teachable moment. Do you know why our country celebrates it? #AdamRuins http://spr.ly/6181D45aN
Posted by Adam Ruins Everything on Monday, October 8, 2018
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AJ’s video on Partition
The creation of India and Pakistan
The partition of India and Pakistan, explained.
Posted by Al Jazeera English on Monday, August 14, 2017
Brett Kavanaugh Open Thread
What does everyone think?
These are my unedited thoughts (the sweet spot of BP is that we are read by enough people to make it lively but not enough to make us notorious).
(1.) I think there is no smoke without fire.
(2.) I also believe events may have exaggerated.
(3.) BK seems like a wannabe Alpha Male; doesn’t seem to be a nice chap at all either now or then.
(4.) Trump is a lot like Boris. A clownish public figure who has been relentless underestimated.
(5.) I do feel the BK nomination signals a darker turn in the Republic’s politics.
I do also think that men need to “guard themselves” the way women have done. Don’t drink irresponsibility, understand consent and frankly don’t “take liberties.”
Why is the British Muslim community such an underclass one?
I went to Peterborough yesterday to this charming cafe called “Chaiwallah.” The Karak chai was very good but the cafe was all male and they were speaking Mirpuri.
I don’t understand who let these people into the country. It’s a shame on the British Pakistani community that we, who are the children of Ghalib & the Mughals, are reduced to such a degraded state in the UK.
The only solution seems to be that British Muslim community vote for the Tory Party, grammar schools and ditch those retrograde aspects of the culture/religion that inhibits aspiration.
The byword should be:
Integration without Exception
Fascists on Hindu Twitter
It’s really getting very disturbing now..
Unbelievable. A Hindu woman Rashmi married to a MBBS doctor and a mother of three kids runs away with a taxi driver named Shahnawaz. Converts and becomes Reshma to marry him. Some months later, her husband and father-in-law kill her by smashing her head with a grinding stone! pic.twitter.com/kVOCkuRlJA
— Shefali Vaidya (@ShefVaidya) October 4, 2018
Can a white liberal call a black conservative, a “bigot”
After Chris Evans patronised Kanye I waded into controversial territory myself. I’m being trolled on Twitter for calling out on Owen Jones.
A white liberal calling a black man a “bigot” hmm 🤔
— Zachary Zavidé (@ZacharyLatif) October 3, 2018
Now a lot of people may think I’m some sort of Social Justice Warrior. I’m not since my inclination is towards High Toryism. I prefer the Monarchy, Aristocracy (it’s why I prefer Urdu High Culture to Hindi low culture, where is the Indian Ghalib?), the Established Church and general veer towards the Tory party. I tend to respect Republicans and Tories since for them their guiding principle is their nationalism/patriotism. Whilst I prefer patriotism to nationalism I can sympathize with native white people who want to keep their countries as they are.
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A single nation divided by a civilisation
I made an important observation on Twitter after reading about this fantastic article on Ferdowsi’s “Iranianisation” that I thought I would share here:
India – Pakistan; a single nation divided into two civilisation
Iran – Afghanistan; a single civilisation divided into two nationshttps://t.co/2uI4eWFs3i— Zachary Zavidé (@ZacharyLatif) October 1, 2018
The article I linked to makes the stunning point that Iran has captured “Turan’s” legacy to the exclusion of any other country in Central Asia. While Afghanistan, which is nominally Dari-speaking, can barely lay claim to Jalaluddin Rumi because Afghan is an ethnonym for the Pashtun speaking population (who historically have been geared towards India rather than Iran).
Iranian (and by extension) Persian national construction in the 19th century is probably one of the most successful enterprises despite the initial difficulties involved. I’ll relay two stories. Continue reading “A single nation divided by a civilisation”