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Politics
Dravidas of the world unite (no brotherly love)
A comment on the expulsion of M. K. Alagiri from the DMK and the anointing of M. K. Stalin, setting the family feud against dynastic quarrels from Aurangzeb and Dara…
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Economy
Uganda 2014 outlook
The poster links his CNBC Africa interview on Uganda’s economic prospects after recent laws and electricity price rises, and invites comments.
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Science
Confirmed: MH-370 lost @ sea
A note on Inmarsat’s conclusion that Malaysia Airlines MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean, with the poster’s view that the pilots are most likely culprits and that we may…
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Geopolitics
India: most important (future) US ally, really?
A note on surveys showing US foreign policy experts rank India as the most promising future ally while American public favourability has fallen from 63 to 46 per cent since…
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Politics
Shias love Modi (for all the wrong reasons)
A note on reports that Shia voters in Varanasi are backing Narendra Modi despite a cleric’s call to defeat the BJP, with the poster’s remark that sectarian division among Muslims…
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Politics
The Guardian verdict: no lotus blossoms ever
A sardonic reading of a Guardian preview of the 2014 Indian election, which the poster says dismisses AAP and regional parties and backs Congress, followed by his own seat projections…
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The al-Bunjabis from al-Bakistan
A comment on Punjabis in Pakistan adopting Arabic-style lettering, such as licence plates, in place of Urdu, arguing that losing part of a native culture matters less if replaced by…
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Society
Choice for (muslim) girls: knowledge or marriage?
The poster argues that educated Muslim girls struggle to find matches but that education should not be denied, urging cross-community marriage, as among film stars, and citing West Bengal girls…
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Politics
529
A comment on an Egyptian court’s sentencing of 529 Morsi supporters to death, calling modern Egypt a true police state and contrasting it with the frustrations of flawed democracies such…
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Politics
Aligs Aadmi Party
A note on a possible three-way split in the Muslim vote in 2014 among Congress, the Samajwadi Party and AAP, with the poster urging tactical voting in each constituency to…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments