September 2015
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Joseph Conrad, the Modern World, Yemen; Random Thoughts
Triggered by a Prospect essay on Joseph Conrad, the author posts excerpts, a piece on Yemen and his own Facebook remarks in an impressionistic post, arguing Conrad anticipated far more…
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Indian Studies; Reversing the Metropolitan Gaze
The author links Samir Chopra’s long essay criticising the Rajiv Malhotra and Balagangadhara school’s project of reversing the Western gaze on India, quoting Satadru Sen’s point that colonial power underwrote…
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Aqlima. Daughter of Adam
An English translation, by Ruchira Paul, of Fahmida Riaz’s Urdu poem Aqlima, about the sister of Cain and Abel, posted with the Urdu text and an audio recording in the…
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Romila Thapar. Something is missing..
Commenting on an interview with Romila Thapar, the author says he accepts her sceptical, neutral historian’s ideal but finds she lacks a vision of what India is and why India…
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The 1965 War. A Summary by Major Amin
The author reposts Major Amin’s long article on the 1965 India-Pakistan war, offered as a more objective view because both countries claim victory, arguing Pakistan’s Kashmir operations misjudged India’s response…
