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The future is (of) Asia (minus MENA)
Using Pew survey charts on attitudes to the United States, the author argues that Asia is becoming compact enough for competing blocs while the Middle East turns unstable, and highlights…
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The Return of the Butterfly
A review excerpt of Moni Mohsin’s The Return of the Butterfly, the third Lahori socialite satire, with the poster’s remark that South Asia lacks good brown humorists.
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“Discount Maids” on display
A report on a Singapore exhibition about maid agencies that display domestic workers for sale as ‘discount maids’, with the poster’s sarcastic comment on the commodification of people in a…
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Thyaga-Raja is our Raja
Quotes on copyright claims over Thyagaraja’s compositions, with the poster arguing that the North-South divide survives mostly in classical music and urging a joint Hall of Fame.
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Their Bahu our Beti (we all love her)
Sania Mirza answers a BJP leader’s remark questioning her nationality as a Pakistani cricketer’s wife; the poster calls it stupid and sexist and argues it works against both good neighbourly…
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Proof (Browns are sand-niggers)
A report on a House hearing in which Rep. Curt Clawson asked Assistant Secretary Biswal for priority for American capital in India, with the poster’s ironic commentary on Indian-Americans in…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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