2014

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Amaravati: ancient spiritual capital, renewed

As the divided Andhra Pradesh looks for a new capital, a history of Amaravati, the old spiritual capital of the Satavahanas on the Krishna river.

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Ramazan around the world

Using reports of Uighurs pressed to eat during Ramadan, a French burqa ban upheld in court and Saudi punishments for eating in public, the post asks whether Pakistani commenters who…

Brown Pundits Archive2 July 20140 comments
Q Poll- Obama worst prez (Reagan best)

A Quinnipiac poll finds 33 per cent of Americans calling Barack Obama the worst president since World War II, with Reagan ranked best; the post answers a commenter with sarcasm…

Brown Pundits Archive2 July 20140 comments
Facebook issues an OK-OK apology

A news report on Sheryl Sandberg’s apology for Facebook’s news feed experiment on 700,000 users, introduced with a sarcastic comment that the apology blamed poor communication and promised nothing about…

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Punjab 1984

Praising Anurag Singh’s film Punjab 1984 as one of the year’s best for direction, acting and music, the post calls it more love story than commentary, notes Khalistani objections, and…

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Arundhati Roy is an US spy

Playing with the idea that Arundhati Roy is a US spy, the post discusses leaked US surveillance target lists naming parties and groups such as the BJP, PPP, Hezbollah and…

Brown Pundits Archive1 July 20140 comments
Did your Ma teach you to say that?

Reacting to a Trinamool leader’s threat that his men would commit rape in the homes of opponents, the post argues that Bengali men’s liberal self-image and Bengal’s cult of mother…

Brown Pundits Archive1 July 20140 comments
ECHR bans the burqa!!!

Reading the European Court of Human Rights ruling that upheld the burqa ban, the post weighs arguments for and against, agrees with the court’s integration rationale with reservations, and notes…

Brown Pundits Archive1 July 20140 comments
The Hindu Mirjafar

Starting from Seth Naomal Hotchand, cast as Sindh’s counterpart to Mir Jafar for helping the British, the post asks why denouncing British imperialism is acceptable while Turkic and Mughal rule…

Brown Pundits Archive1 July 20140 comments
The good old days (Karachi 1986)

Presenting an account of Pakistani doctors’ kindness in Karachi in 1986, the post recalls a time when Shia doctors felt safe, and asks whether the bonding of ordinary South Asians…

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