April 2014
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Indian representative
On the model Koyal Rana, the poster traces the Rana name to Rajput kings of Rajasthan and Nepal and lists Pakistani public figures with the surname, remarking that caste survives…
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Politics
The Economist condemns The Man
The Economist declines to back Narendra Modi despite admiring his economic record, citing his failure to explain his role in the violence of 2002, and recommends a Congress-led government as…
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Politics
Death for “blasphemous SMS”
A report that a Pakistani court has sentenced a Christian couple to death over a blasphemous text message. The poster asks why the wife is implicated and fears minorities will…
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Politics
Tulsi Gabbard: defender of the faith
The poster salutes Tulsi Gabbard for defending Hindus, alongside a report that US commission witnesses warned a BJP government would harm India’s religious minorities.
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Science
Signal from the MH-370 black box (maybe)
A report that a Chinese ship may have picked up a signal from the MH-370 black box, with the poster hoping for a miracle before the battery runs out in…
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Culture
A million dollar farewell party
A note on the T20 World Cup in Dhaka as the farewell stage for Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, with a report on the final.
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Religious diversity in the world
The poster thinks a Pew religious diversity map undercounts India and Iran, where Bahá’ís may fear exclusion, alongside a report that Pakistan is more religiously diverse than 48 other countries.
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Ban the Noah-ban zealots
On Malaysia banning the film Noah, the poster says religious communities should stop watching films if even respectful depictions offend them, and asks why that makes life miserable for everybody…
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Politics
Magic number for the NDA?
Opinion polls put the NDA close to a majority, which the poster blames on community polarisation and the two-nation theory, warning that nothing good will come of dividing communities.
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Geopolitics
The guns of Sevastopol
A report on McDonald’s closing its Crimean outlets and on Russia’s gas price rise for Ukraine, with the poster joking that a new cold war opens with a burger strike.
