2014

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“endorsement of Modi …lose faith in humanity”

The author criticises the writer S. Anand’s stance on Modi, arguing that the social-justice movement ignores that a backward-caste leader appeals to the downtrodden, and warns that rising dominant middle…

Brown Pundits Archive19 April 20140 comments
Did ISI order the hit on Hamid Mir?

A comment, with news extracts, on claims by Hamid Mir’s brother that the journalist had named ISI elements to blame if he were attacked, which the poster links to Balochistan…

Brown Pundits Archive19 April 20140 comments
Polarization and (slow) poisoning

The author agrees that politicians on both sides profit from polarisation, but faults Basharat Peer for omitting the expelled Kashmiri Pandits and the Two-Nation Theory, and calls for naming all…

Brown Pundits Archive19 April 20140 comments
Indian > Chinese > Koreans

A comment on US Homeland Security figures for temporary residents in 2011-12, sorting countries into temporary workers, students who will go home and exchange visitors, and noting that the first…

Brown Pundits Archive18 April 20140 comments
Affidavit written in blood

A comment, with a news extract, on a Texas murder case in which a mother’s affidavit denies harming her child; the poster finds her behaviour not that of a normal…

Brown Pundits Archive18 April 20140 comments
Dr Mattu (hero) vs. NHS (bully)

A comment, with a news extract, on a doctor who won a case against the NHS; the poster calls it a relief that British courts rescued a whistle-blower and says…

Brown Pundits Archive18 April 20141 comment
(God like) humans replace (Toyota) robots

A comment, with a news extract, praising Toyota for putting skilled human craftsmen back into plants in place of robots, calling it a desperate but admirable fight against automation.

Brown Pundits Archive18 April 20140 comments
Kargil War: mother of GPS

The author argues that India’s space programme is justified because the US denied GPS data during the 1999 Kargil War, driving an indigenous navigation system, while saying India spends too…

Brown Pundits Archive18 April 20140 comments
Tech-savvy Santa(s) bearing rich gifts (votes)

A sardonic comment, with a news extract, on a malfunctioning voting machine in Sindhudurg that reportedly transferred all votes to the Congress candidate and was caught by voters.

Brown Pundits Archive17 April 20140 comments
Jamia Hafsa (Lal Masjid) builds a new shrine

A comment, with a news extract, on Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad naming its library after Osama bin Laden; the poster remarks that one man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter and…

Brown Pundits Archive17 April 20140 comments