May 2018
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When writing about India is actually just writing about America
Razib Khan argues that a Slate piece on the show Friends, billed as about India, was really about the worries of Western liberals, since the show has little influence on…
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Raazi
X.T.M asks whether anyone at BP has seen Raazi, and excerpts a Deccan Chronicle review of Meghna Gulzar’s espionage thriller, which the review says takes neither side and stresses patriotism…
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India as the hydra against Islam
Razib Khan asks why India stayed mostly non-Muslim after some five centuries of Muslim rule, and rejects the claim that violent resistance explains it, noting that Iran’s Tabaristan kept Zoroastrian…
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Katrina Kaif is definitely half-Indian
X.T.M posts a comparison of Katrina Kaif and her fully English half-sister, remarking that the sister would not fit Bollywood’s ‘Desi ideal’ and that Katrina’s looks carry a degree of…
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Noble White Men and the humble brag
X.T.M argues that public statements of guilt over privilege by an artist, an editor and a tech millionaire are a humble brag, and says he would not make such a…
