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The Literastani dialogue on twitter

Brown Pundits Archive18 March 20140 comments
Trapped at the border of impulse and conscience

A note quoting a review of Savage Harvest, Mohinder Singh Sarna’s Partition stories translated by his son Navtej Sarna, on the violence in Punjab villages and the many narratives of…

Brown Pundits Archive16 March 20140 comments
Happy Holi

A short Holi greeting that shares something from the poster’s father-in-law-to-be and asks whether Holi celebrates the love of the gods.

Brown Pundits Archive16 March 20142 comments
“there is a chance my parents are still alive”

A note on the widening search for MH370 and suspicion of the pilots after Malaysia’s prime minister said communications were deliberately disabled, quoting a report on police searching the captain’s…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
Betrayal in Telangana

A comment on the Telangana Rashtra Samiti rejecting an alliance with Congress, which the poster says costs the party its southern hope and long-term base.

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
An advocate for “radical social transformation”

The poster responds to Saroj Giri’s call for radical social transformation against communalism, arguing the Indian left offers no way to win the masses back and has long been led…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
(un)fair weather friends

A comment on Congress’s weak position and the Samajwadi Party’s failure under Akhilesh Yadav to deliver good governance, with Muslim voters disillusioned by riots; opens with a Sanskrit verse on…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
Mr AK-272 takes aim at media

A comment criticising Arvind Kejriwal’s threat to jail media persons said to promote Narendra Modi for money, comparing it to Nehru’s talk of hanging businessmen and calling it a bad…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
2035

A note on Bill Gates’s prediction that few poor nations will remain by 2035, with the poster stressing his warning that falling labour demand for many skills is not widely…

Brown Pundits Archive15 March 20140 comments
the 14th Ferozepur Sikh regiment…and some others

Hamid Hussain traces the 14th Ferozepore Sikhs from their raising in 1846 after the First Anglo-Sikh War, covering the 1857 uprising, Lieutenant Brasyer’s role, its First World War service and…

Brown Pundits Archive14 March 20140 comments