June 2017
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Clarifying Two Misconceptions
Though a critic of the Pakistan Army’s political interference, the author sets out to correct two common misconceptions, first examining whether General Zia played a role in Jordan’s Black September…
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Aryan Migration and its Discontents
Recapping new genetic findings that Indo-European herders migrated into the subcontinent about 4,000 years ago, the author focuses on the politics, arguing that the Hindutva reaction to political uses of…
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The Qatar Crisis
Hamid Hussain explains the June 2017 crisis in which Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE cut ties with Qatar and imposed an embargo, tracing it to Qatar’s growing diplomatic…
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The pork episode of Master of None
Responding to a review of the Master of None episode on religion, the author finds it somewhat unbelievable, and notes that Aziz Ansari calls himself an atheist, not a liberal…
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Hasan Minhaj and Aziz Ansari: your race defines you and it doesn’t
After watching Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King, the author contrasts him with Aziz Ansari: Minhaj foregrounds politics in his comedy while Ansari does not, and each handles differently the question of…
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Indian genetics, part n of many
Points to a near-definitive piece on South Asian historical population genetics and adds a vague thought that the Hittite and Mitanni takeovers of Hattian and Hurrian cultures may offer lessons.
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de-propagandizing the Aryan invasion debate: a rebuttal to A. L. Chavda’s rebuttal
A geneticist says he is writing a major article on Indian population genetics, will take a less strident tone than Tony Joseph’s Hindu piece, and answers a rebuttal by A.…
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Indian genetics, the never-ending argument
Weary of Indian population genetics, the author answers a Swarajya article attacking him as racist, says ancient DNA will deliver the real results, and cautions about the allies people choose,…
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India’s Muslim Headache..
A short note, cut off after one sentence, observing that when India loses a cricket match to Pakistan some Indian Muslims celebrate, most openly in Srinagar.
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Indian media is finally reporting on the Aryan migration into South Asia
Indian media is finally covering the evidence for an Aryan migration into South Asia, after years of resistance. Built around Tony Joseph’s piece in The Hindu.
