May 2014
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Get the White dude to analyse us
A short note observing that the most consistent analyst of the Indian election is William Dalrymple, and asking why South Asian stories and news fail to translate outside the subcontinent.
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No smoking please (Rani madam)
The poster likes Kangana Ranaut but objects to publicity pictures of her smoking, arguing edginess does not need cigarettes. A mixed review of her film Revolver Rani is reproduced below…
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Help a Brother out?
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The patron saint of the neo-Hindus
Responding to Pankaj Mishra’s ‘neo-Hindus’, the poster argues that Shudras and Dalits voting BJP is not simply false consciousness: the upper castes, it says, have lost control of the RSS…
