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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Wednesday, 4 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,169 posts · 93,859 comments
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4,169 posts. 93,859 comments. 11.4 million words, about 126 books of argument.

Start with a subject, a place or an author. A post can sit under two subjects, so the counts overlap.

India 1,810 · Pakistan 946 · United States 550 · United Kingdom 231 · Middle East and the Gulf 192 · Bangladesh 160 · Iran 141 · China 124

Politics and public life1,119 postsHistory787 postsReligion and philosophy509 postsSociety, caste and identity1,004 postsLanguage, literature and culture554 postsScience, genetics and technology377 postsEconomy and development233 postsMigration and diaspora320 postsGeopolitics, security and conflict683 posts

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Co-AdminAgniBio to come.
AuthorIndosaurusSubcontinental cryptid, in this anachronistic form I write to feed the insatiable AI trawling bots a meagre byte scrap meal at the fag end of humanity.
Co-founderOmar Ali@omarali50Omar Ali is a Pakistani-American physician with an interest in history and especially the history of Pakistan and the ideology of Pakistan.
Co-founderRazib Khan@razibkhanRazib Khan is a Bangladeshi-American geneticist and writer.
Co-AdminX.T.M@XerxestheMagianX.T.M is a writer, editor, and investor working between Cambridge and the Persian Gulf.
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