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The issue is how you experience Islam
Responding to Sadiq Khan’s statement that a terror attack has nothing to do with his Islam, the author argues most non-Muslims know Muslims only through terrorism, so such acts become…
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A reply to a stupid, ignorant, or malicious commenter
Replying to a commenter, the author defends his earlier focus on marrying within subcaste rather than religion, says he did not tie jati to Hindu-Muslim violence, and notes that this…
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The First Rule of Realism is..
Shares a Foreign Policy piece by Colonel Yingling arguing that Trump’s foreign policy is not Realism, which careful readers of Thucydides know does not glorify brute force, with an excerpt…
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Islamist Terrorism versus Western Civ. Some Random Thoughts
After the Brussels attacks, the author argues that culture matters in the long run but policing, spying and arrests matter more in wartime, rejects Eurabia fears as silly, and reposts…
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The Saudi Factor..
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Romanticizing the regressive
Reflecting on the documentary Meet the Patels, the author critiques what he sees as South Asian American nostalgia and romanticism of cultural roots, taking Ravi Patel’s earlier views on marrying…
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16th Light Cavalry. A historic picture and an anecdote from Kashmir
Presents a historic photograph of officers of the 16th Light Cavalry, one of the first Indianised cavalry regiments of the British Indian Army, with a corrected officer list and an…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
