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Science
“Autism begins in the womb”
A report that autism begins in the womb, with patchy changes in brain layers found in 90 per cent of children with it, plus the poster’s doubt about the UK…
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A fascist by any other name.
A link to a Facebook post with a one-line comment that, if it does not show fascism, nothing does.
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Chinese missile blows away Indian battalion
A note on the fraud conviction of Tri-Valley University founder Susan Su, quoting India-West and attorney Kalpana Peddibhotla on the harm to hundreds of Indian students, with the poster’s comment…
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Politics
The new un-touchables are rising
A short argument that Indian political dynasties, which held 29 per cent of seats in 2009, form a new untouchable caste of power, and that Brahmanism will outlast Brahmins because…
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Uma and Maya face an uncaring world
A note on a UK television experiment in which two young sisters stood lost in a shopping centre and 616 of 617 passers-by ignored them, with the poster’s advice to…
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Brown Pundits
Double century not out
A housekeeping note that Brown Pundits published 200 posts in March 2014, thanking the blog owners and inviting readers to comment or write posts of their own.
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Religion
Recent pieces by my Dad
The poster links three recent pieces by his father: on parallels between the Enkidu and Adam stories, on Putin, oligarchs and sanctions, and a short reflection on writing.
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Religion
Hinduism: is it only sex (and death)?
A note linking a critique of Wendy Doniger that sets aside the Hindutva-secular quarrel and asks what is distinctive in Hinduism, with the extract arguing for a shared monist core…
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Harappa in Chattisgarh
A note on reported finds of a 2,500-year-old planned city at Tarighat in Chhattisgarh, quoting the state archaeology department, and asking whether it has any demonstrable link to the Indus…
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Dark days for Indian Mujahideen
A note on the arrest of Tehseen Akhtar, described as the Indian Mujahideen’s India chief, with the poster’s view that the arrest may reduce the threat to the general elections,…
