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“Dad, don’t worry. I’ve got a life vest on…”
A reflection, with a news extract, on the text messages of a teenage girl on the Sewol ferry telling her father she had a life vest on, and the comfort…
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Brown Pundits
Last night on the Desi web
Last night I saw two things of note with regards
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Geopolitics
17/7 Rajputs for 24/7 defense (against China)
A comment, with a news extract, on the 17 Rajput battalion assigned to guard India’s north-eastern border with China, recalling its Second World War service against Japan at Kohima.
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Society
283 children lost at sea (South Korea)
A shocked comment, with a news extract, on the Sewol ferry sinking off South Korea, with hundreds of students missing in cold water and chances of rescue falling.
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The decline and fall of Islamic science
A short comment doubting that conservative Islam alone halted Middle Eastern science, followed by an extract noting the region produces about 4% of the world’s scientific literature, and recalling that…
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(slow) Train to Ernakulam
A comment on an Okha-Ernakulam express that was routed hundreds of kilometres on the wrong track via Solapur and Gulbarga without any official noticing until the passengers did.
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Society
Atheists please STOP (beating your wives)
A sarcastic plea to atheists to behave better, with an extract on a study showing Americans view non-believers as living immoral lives and that even atheists often share that sentiment.
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Politics
Ugly duckling hopes to be a swan
The poster argues that India’s costly elections are worth it because the state does one large task reasonably well, with heavyweight losers accepting narrow defeats; an Economist extract on how…
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Vijay-anna ki Pulitzer vijay
The poster congratulates the poet Vijay Seshadri on his Pulitzer Prize, links earlier Sepia Mutiny coverage, and raises the case of a publisher blacklisting a star author for politically incorrect…
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Coastal Leader for a prosperous India
The author argues that India’s leaders have mostly come from the north, far from the coast, and welcomes the writer Joe D’Cruz’s endorsement of Narendra Modi as a coastal leader…
