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Baby, light my fire
After a schoolgirl lit her father’s funeral pyre, the author argues for making religious rules gender-neutral to weaken son preference, sympathises with Arya Samaj’s rejection of caste and ritual, and…
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Bad blood overflows in Baksa
On killings of teenage boys in Baksa, Assam, the author argues the state must protect all residents whether migrants or not, that majorities must learn tolerance, and proposes freeing women…
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Hafeez Hindu bhai bhai!!!
The author finds it ridiculous that Ved Pratap Vaidik breaks bread with Hafiz Saeed, a $10 million wanted terrorist, after L. K. Advani was pilloried for praising Jinnah, and sees…
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Sikh-Brahmins of Chakwal
A Chakwal news feature on the Mohyal Brahmins and the few Hindu families left there, with the poster calling it a case of syncretic culture and a cost of the…
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Ban on “demonic” Yoga
Noting a Christian objection that yoga is worship of spirit beings other than the God of the Bible, the author lists tai chi, reiki and pilates as also disliked and…
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Aunn Zara (pitch-perfect Punjabi)
On Aunn Zara’s Punjabi in a Pakistani drama, the poster surveys South Asia’s four great languages: Punjabi recovering after Partition, Bengali strengthened by independent Bangladesh, Hindi spreading, and the resistance…
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Inquisition, Reconquista and (World Cup) Football
After a Hindu activist said Goans supporting Portugal at the World Cup rubbed salt in historical wounds, the poster quotes Francis Xavier’s account of idol-breaking converts and discusses how far…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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