2014

All years and months

The Prince finds his voice (finally)

A comment on Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Modi in Gujarat, which the poster calls a day late after Arvind Kejriwal’s visit, and on Hitler versus Mahmud of Ghazni as insults.

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Comrade Prashad battles the (Gir) Lion

A note on Vijay Prashad’s appeal to secularism ahead of the 2014 vote, which the poster finds well argued but wrong to frame the choice as growth versus harmony, faulting…

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Thailand is Paradise (for passport fraud)

A note on a passport-forgery network exposed in Thailand and Spain, with arrests of Pakistani nationals, warning travellers of identity fraud.

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(21st century) jobs for women

A note arguing Indian women must be freed from domestic labour for modern jobs, quoting a report on a Lucknow weaver family who hope their daughter will have a better…

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The (new) Kerala Kings

The poster argues that Pakistan has not delivered the promised kingdom for South Asian Muslims, as its definition of a true Muslim has kept narrowing, and turns to Kerala’s Muslim…

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Fun fact of the day

A note on Prince William’s maternal ancestor Eliza Kewark, alleged to have been Armenian but at least half Indian, and on the Germanic lineage of European monarchy.

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Saudi worse than Modi

A report that Lucknow’s Nadwatul Ulema cancelled a Saudi delegation’s visit over the kingdom’s ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, with the poster’s comment that it shows Indian Muslim elites sharing…

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Gulaab Madhuri (close but no Smita)

An interview with director Soumik Sen about his film Gulaab Gang, introduced with a short comment from the poster that Mirch Masala remains the all-time classic of the genre.

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Looking for Mr Ali

A Financial Times-sourced report on the stolen-passport passengers and the mysterious ‘Mr Ali’ who arranged their tickets on the missing Malaysian jet, with the poster’s comment that the story does…

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Globo-cops: omni-(p, s, p)

A long extract on the growth of US Special Operations Command into a global covert fighting force, introduced with the poster’s remark that it is somewhat sensationalised but largely believable.

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