May 2018
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The once and future “Brown Pundits”
Razib Khan recounts how Brown Pundits began as Sepia Mutiny wound down, divides South Asian Americans into assimilators, hybrid ‘South Asian Americans’ and traditionalists, and says the blog now interests…
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The Crime of Being a Dalit
A reproduced Times of India report on the killing of a young Dalit man near Bhuj, said by police to be over a love affair with a woman from the…
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The Crime of being a Muslim
X.T.M cites a report that a Sikh police officer saved a Muslim man from a mob for standing near a temple with a Hindu girl, with student Umar Khalid’s tribute…
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Brown Pundits 2018 Reader Survey
Razib Khan announces the 2018 Brown Pundits reader survey on SurveyMonkey, with results viewable after completing it.
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Economic Modernization in Late British India: Hindu-Muslim Differences
X.T.M relays a paper asking why India’s Muslims are poorer than Hindus, reading it as tracing the gap to Muslim inheritance law and the illiquid waqf, against the Hindu joint…
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Political Engineering in Pakistan. The Military View
Omar Ali posts the first part of Hamid Hussain’s essay on political engineering in Pakistan, which sets out the army’s view after Nawaz Sharif’s July 2017 disqualification, alleging military hands…
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English Lit and Science, 70’s Sri Lanka
Sbarrkum reminisces about choosing between science and arts in 1970s Sri Lankan schools, studying English literature, and heavy drinking in his youth, hoping young readers take two lessons: goals can…
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Lust Stories
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Books on Indian history without recency bias
Razib Khan complains that books on Indian history skew to the Muslim and colonial periods, for nationalist and source reasons, and asks readers for suggestions on ancient and medieval history,…
