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Secularism (no exceptions please)
Using the killing of three Sikhs in Saharanpur, the poster challenges Mukul Kesavan’s distinction that Congress kills from opportunity and the BJP from ideology, asking whether victims feel better about…
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The Indo-Europeans (Jats, Ezhavas)
Reporting a study that Ezhavas and Jat Sikhs are close genetically, the poster notes both are dominant lower-caste groups, and congratulates General Dalbir Singh Suhag, a Jat, on becoming Chief…
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Save Gaza is lovely….but not enough
Responding to Gaza solidarity, the poster notes Egyptian and Israeli interests converging against political Islam, cricketer Moeen Ali’s reprimand for a wristband, and argues Hindutva sympathisers back Israel, while saying…
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Shah-Jahan-Abad rises from the ashes
Quoting an account of how the British capture of Delhi in 1858 tore apart Shahjahanabad, the poster traces Delhi as a seat of power since Indraprastha and welcomes the old…
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Nirvana: Viagra, plus a glass of bubbly
Noting Bastar tribals’ herbal ‘Viagra’ trade, the poster jokes that Maoists should visit China to see why it is ‘glorious to be rich’, and suggests selling herbal remedies to China…
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Nepal Left Behind
Energy use per capita figures for South Asia in 1971 and 2011 show Nepal stagnating and being overtaken by India, with a note on India’s falling subjective well-being.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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