2014

All years and months

Sensex @ 22k

News extracts on the Sensex reaching a record 22,000 after sustained foreign buying, with the poster’s remark that the market may be signalling confidence in a stable government after the…

Brown Pundits Archive10 March 20141 comment
Saudi and Qatar file for separation

A report that Saudi Arabia and Bahrain accuse Qatar of backing Islamic terrorists, with the poster’s hope that the divine right of Sunni kings may be nearing its end.

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Boko Haram is fighting (and winning)

A long extract on Boko Haram’s advance in north-east Nigeria, with the poster’s comment that Nigeria is in deep trouble and that the many jihadist battles could merge into something…

Brown Pundits Archive9 March 20140 comments
Pankaj Mishra and Nadeem Aslam

Congratulations to Pankaj Mishra and Nadeem Aslam on winning Yale’s Windham Campbell Literature Prize, followed by extracts on the prize and a Guardian profile of Aslam.

Brown Pundits Archive9 March 20143 comments
Kashmir Games

The poster argues that under a BJP-led government the question of whether Muslims are ‘Indians first’ becomes a loyalty test, with parties engineering riots for votes, and that Kashmir’s isolation,…

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Pit Bulls of the world unite (with middle class backing)

A long extract collecting the insults Western leaders have thrown at Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, introduced with the poster’s quip that Putin is a pain to liberals everywhere.

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White Commonwealth will save the world

The poster answers an argument that a ‘White Commonwealth’ could steward the world, saying brown elites may welcome it as an escape from responsibility, and that it whitewashes the fate…

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MH370- an update

An update on the missing Malaysian jet, with extracts on the search and the two stolen European passports, and the poster’s view that nothing is certain until the black boxes…

Brown Pundits Archive8 March 20140 comments
The enemy is inside. How many?

A report that an Islamabad judge killed in a court attack was shot by his own guard, with the poster asking whether the enemy is already inside the gates.

Brown Pundits Archive8 March 20140 comments
Moopanars for Modi?

A taxi-driver reporter’s piece from Thanjavur on rising BJP support in Tamil Nadu, with the poster noting that the party has crossed 10 per cent and that voters may split…

Brown Pundits Archive8 March 20142 comments