May 2014
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Blasphemy and its discontents..
Open thread opening with news items on blasphemy accusations in Pakistan, including a doctor shot dead after a remark to a pharmaceutical representative and a Multan University lecturer targeted by…
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Anti-India(s): Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
The poster attributes the BJP’s better-than-expected showing to polarisation on both sides, a Hindu-first coalition outvoting an ‘Ummah-first’ one, and notes support from Dharmic groups and some minorities. Bengal, Kerala…
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The Martyrdom of Dr Faisal Manzoor
A tribute to Dr Faisal Manzoor, a physician known to the poster since school, who returned to Pakistan to build a hospital. The poster presents his killing as a martyrdom…
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Congress free Andhra
The poster argues Congress was crushed in Seemandhra by its cynical handling of the Andhra-Telangana division and by using CBI cases against Jagan Reddy, and says making Hyderabad a Union…
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BJP: CVoter 289, ABP 281, CNN 276, Cicero 272
Surveying exit polls that project a BJP-led majority, the poster notes the record 66 per cent turnout and state-by-state predictions, and says India looks set to welcome her first Shudra…
