2014

All years and months

Bloody Poila Baisakh (more blood on the menu)

On a death sentence for Islamist terrorists in Bangladesh, the post doubts that a divided society will see it as just, predicts the country will follow Pakistan’s trajectory, and compares…

Brown Pundits Archive23 June 20140 comments
Poles: Gave Americans a “Blowjob,” Got Nothing

A reported Polish complaint that Poland pleased the Americans and got nothing prompts the post to compare it with Muslim claims that America is to blame for the Middle East,…

Brown Pundits Archive22 June 20140 comments
To Mosul, with love

Introducing a memory of Mosul in the 1970s, the post says Sunni friends blame America for Iraq’s ruin and compares Saddam to Indira Gandhi, while a quoted piece argues the…

Brown Pundits Archive22 June 20140 comments
25 June 1975 (the importance of freedom)

Marking the Emergency on 25 June, the post contrasts Indira Gandhi’s claim that food matters more than freedom with Jayaprakash Narayan’s defence of liberty, warns that threats to freedom now…

Brown Pundits Archive21 June 20140 comments
Islamabad (Chan Pir Badshah) blast

A report of a blast at the Chan Pir Badshah shrine in Islamabad that injured at least 39, with the poster warning of fierce blow-back and offering sympathy to the…

Brown Pundits Archive20 June 20140 comments
150,000

A thank-you from the poster as Brown Pundits nears 150,000 page-views, about 30,000 a month since its late-January relaunch, crediting the contributors and the newcomer Naveen.

Brown Pundits Archive20 June 20140 comments
Iraq: Indian Partition and Afghan Jihad combo package?

The post finds two parallels in Iraq’s crisis: a Sunni elite fearing electoral swamping by a Shia majority recalls the run-up to Partition, while divided rebels and an Iran-Saudi proxy…

Brown Pundits Archive20 June 20140 comments
Iraq’s Reverberations in India

Reporting Indian Shia anxiety over ISIS threats to Najaf and Karbala, the post questions whether India should take sides in a regional proxy and civil war, given its limited capacity,…

Brown Pundits Archive20 June 20140 comments
History of Iraq (and Middle East)

Sketching the Middle East as Sunnis against Sunnis and Sunnis against Shias, the post notes that Shi’ism’s heart is Iraq rather than Iran, fears minorities will be crushed, and asks…

Brown Pundits Archive20 June 20140 comments
General Zia in Jordan

Posting a note from Hamid Hussain on General Zia in Jordan, the author adds a first-hand report that the then army chief joined those who forgave Zia, and argues Islamism…

Brown Pundits Archive19 June 20140 comments