2014

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Force-feeding: path to hell

After a Shiv Sena MP tried to force-feed a roti to a fasting Muslim employee, the poster argues that feeling insulted is no licence to insult others and asks for…

Brown Pundits Archive23 July 20140 comments
Orwell in Burma-2

Passages from Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’, which the poster reads as showing how imperialism corrupts both rulers and ruled, and as a warning against the return of empire.

Brown Pundits Archive23 July 20140 comments
Thoughts on Palesrael

Brown Pundits Archive22 July 20140 comments
7 for 74

A light-hearted note on Ishant Sharma’s 7 for 74 in India’s Test against England, using jokes and an Erdogan quote to praise the short ball.

Brown Pundits Archive22 July 20140 comments
Bathuk-Amma (festival of flowers)

Quoting Sania Mirza after her return to the top five, the poster uses Bathukamma, Telangana’s flower festival, to praise her as the state’s new ambassador.

Brown Pundits Archive22 July 20140 comments
The Marwaris

Excerpts on Marwari bankers who financed the Mughals and the East India Company, with the poster comparing the business community’s reputation with antisemitic stereotypes.

Brown Pundits Archive21 July 20140 comments
The Lord of the Lord’s

The author celebrates India’s historic Test win at Lord’s as the opposite of what everyone expected, since India won on a green seaming pitch, and credits Ishant Sharma, Pujara, Rahane,…

Brown Pundits Archive21 July 20140 comments
Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania

A brief reaction to the Bollywood film Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania, judged decent but short of a plot twist, with a nod to Alia Bhatt’s rise.

Brown Pundits Archive21 July 20140 comments
Kipat Barzel

Reading an overview of missile defence, the poster notes that Iron Dome works but depends on crew training and that Israel has fewer batteries than it says it needs, wondering…

Brown Pundits Archive20 July 20140 comments
Iraq, an old post

Hamid Hussain’s earlier analysis of Iraq’s changing conflict, covering the advances of ISIS, the Shia militia response and Kurdish manoeuvres, is reposted with the poster’s remarks on ISIS punishments such…

Brown Pundits Archive20 July 20140 comments