May 2018
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You the Marathas, we the Mughals & Dalrymple the Coloniser
X.T.M dismisses William Dalrymple as a coloniser lecturing on Indian history, and doubts a commenter’s claim that the British won India from the Marathas, saying he is a self-declared Mughalist…
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Black Pundits
X.T.M speculates what Black, White, Olive or Yellow Pundits would argue about, saying Brown identity is defined by India-Pakistan, Hindu-Muslim and Arya-Dravida debates, and links the blog’s love of minutiae…
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The Philippines Genocide: 3 million Filipinos Killed
Sbarrkum posts excerpts from reports of the 1898 Spanish-American War period, including an American general’s estimate of 600,000 killed on Luzon, arguing that the Philippines suffered a genocide, with a…
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Homoeroticism, Blasphemy, and Classical Muslim Society
Omar Ali posts a Twitter thread by Irfan Muzammil on homoeroticism and blasphemy in classical Muslim society, starting from the Abbasid poet Abu Nuwas, and adds his own brief comments…
