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Politics
The truth will always out
Quotes Kerala Congress leader T H Mustafa calling Rahul Gandhi a joker and urging Priyanka Gandhi to lead, with the poster adding that the party should shed its dynasty’s liabilities,…
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The Christian Brotherhood
The poster argues the rise of a ‘Christian Brotherhood’ draws little comment compared with its Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist counterparts, citing church positions on abortion, anti-gay laws in Uganda, Putin’s…
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Diaspora
I am Jamal Osman (and I am not a terrorist)
Quoting British-Somali journalist Jamal Osman on being treated as an asylum seeker despite his passport, the poster argues Osama’s legacy is a wedge between Muslims and the world, and condemns…
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Arundhati Roy
A short profile of Arundhati Roy, noting her Booker Prize and her controversial views, with links to her statements on Kashmir, big dams, Maoists, the RSS, the Taliban and capitalism.
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“A historic opportunity”
Welcomes Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with Modi in Delhi as an excellent first move, quotes his statement on a historic opportunity, and warns of troublemakers, citing Karzai’s claim about the attack…
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Next Noble for the noblest Gujarati
Noting tension between Gujaratis and others over Modi’s rise, the poster looks for a Gujarati to champion global friendship, naming Azim Premji, and hopes the humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi, born…
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Science
“In this statistical sense, races are real”
Posts H Allen Orr’s review of Nicholas Wade’s A Troublesome Inheritance, while the poster doubts the analysis adds new knowledge, sees much of it as back-fitted, and argues race ideas…
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CAPA pays tribute to Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar
Posts a tribute from the Community Association of Pakistani Americans to Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar, killed in Pakistan, with the poster noting the Ohio community’s loss and the shock that…
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Khaap inside Indian Constituent Assembly
Few excerpts via @genderlogindia
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Geopolitics
(high-explosive) Toys for child soldiers
Prompted by a report of children used as grenade throwers at Kargil, the poster argues war leaves hidden victims, and cites the Adarsh society scam, meant for Kargil widows, where…
