2014

All years and months

“The nation would soon hear good news”

A note on announced direct talks between the Pakistani government and the Taliban, including prisoner swaps, with the poster’s view that the Taliban should at least tolerate the constitution.

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A muslim activist speaks his mind

A note on Tanweer Alam’s single-point agenda for Muslim voters in 2014, tactical voting to stop the BJP, with the poster disputing his view of Kerala and of secularism’s evolution.

Brown Pundits Archive22 March 20140 comments
Asian Americans defeat affirmative action

A note on Asian American opposition defeating a California affirmative action push, with the poster warning that the victory may be temporary and that quotas are a powerful weapon for…

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World War I (from an Indian viewpoint)

A note on the roughly 1.4 million Indians who took part in the First World War, mostly from Punjab, regretting that Indian historians have neglected the subject, with a quoted…

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The United States of India

A comment on Tamil leader Vaiko’s manifesto, which would rename the country the United States of India and lift the ban on the LTTE, as a sign of regional parties’…

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40 or 70?

A note questioning whether American support for Narendra Modi, from the Pew survey to a bankers’ cheer-leading squad, will bring any advantage, or whether Modi might prefer China.

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Vivek Murthy shot down by the NRA

A note on the stalled Senate confirmation of surgeon general nominee Vivek Murthy after NRA opposition to his remarks on guns as a health issue, quoting Dave Weigel.

Brown Pundits Archive22 March 20140 comments
This (investor visa) nest will cost you a million bucks

A short note on investor visas that cost a million dollars in the USA and UK, suggesting minorities and liberals unhappy with Hindutva might migrate west, while mocking the surveillance…

Brown Pundits Archive22 March 20144 comments
The neo-feudalists

A comment on film star Pawan Kalyan’s political entry and Chiranjeevi’s ministerial post, as examples of an Indian neo-feudalism in which families keep sons in different parties to stay close…

Brown Pundits Archive22 March 20140 comments
Fighting dirty

A note on Teesta Setalvad’s press release rebutting the Gujarat Crime Branch affidavit on fund misuse, with the poster saying no even-handedness can be expected from the press or her…

Brown Pundits Archive22 March 20140 comments