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Society
Can inter-sect marriages save Pakistani society?
An extract on a young Pakistani woman, with a Shia father and Sunni mother, who refuses to choose a sect, asking whether inter-sect marriages could help heal sectarian divides.
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Islam misunderstood – Hijab has no basis?
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Politics
You gotta love the Bhutto-Z kids
A link to a video of the Bhutto-Zardari siblings, with the poster’s comment on hereditary princeling antics and the weak state of Sindhi in India.
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Dirty War in Balochistan
The author notes that mass graves found in Balochistan, which the home minister blames on Indian intelligence while most suspect missing Baloch nationalists, have drawn little attention, and suggests Western…
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Note
Hello…BP
A one-line greeting from a new contributor thanking Zachary and Razib for a welcome to Brown Pundits.
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Politics
Why are Pakistanis such a jealous and vicious lot?
In a satirical tone the poster mocks Twitter’s outrage at Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Sindh festival staged at Mohenjo-daro, calling the festival ethnic and downmarket compared with the cosmopolitan, English-preferring taste…
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Science
Bengalis are like Tamils, and Jatts are sui generis, and Syrian Christians are not Brahmins
Reading Zack Ajmal’s Harappa DNA sample, the author concludes that Bengalis, like Tamils, show a genetic split between Brahmins and non-Brahmins, that Jatts stand apart as a distinct group, and…
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Society
A lonely BP
Shares two pieces from Centre India, including Harsh Gupta on how India’s centre-left builds a coalition of Christians, dalits, tribals and the poor, within the tension between inclusion and nationalist…
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Diaspora
The best of Goldman shines if not Kashmir then Cali?
A note on Neel Kashkari’s bid for Governor of California, with the poster observing that Indian-Americans are drifting into politics and listing prominent Goldman Sachs alumni.
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Note
BP’s new home
The poster notes that the blog has been exiled from its old home, wonders whether a space remains between 140-character opinion and prestige journalism, and welcomes readers back to the…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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