August 2018
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Why this kolaveri di on Indian genetics
Objects to a caption in an article on Indian genetics that treats high-caste Hindus as the prototypical Indians, calling the association in poor taste.
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Genetics stories in India Today
Shares an extract from an India Today piece on 4,500-year-old DNA from Rakhigarhi, adding that many Hindu nationalists are unperturbed by such findings and that the paper’s publication is still…
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The passing
Reading Pankaj Mishra’s New York Times op-ed on white nationalism, the author argues that even progressive whites show revealed preferences for living among other whites, citing Bill Clinton’s own town,…
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Urdu as an intra-provincial link language
Picking up a reader’s point that Urdu binds ethnically diverse provinces, the author notes three Pakistani provinces have large linguistic minorities, discusses Pashtun expansion, the origin of the word vatan…
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Sikh-American President?
Reacting to a video of a Sikh American politician, the author contrasts British and American South Asian experience: post-1965 Indian Americans arrived as individuals, British migration was more communal, and…
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On the genetics of Bengal and Southeast Asia
Points to a post on the author’s other weblog and says he will write more on Southeast Asian genetics, arguing there is a significant Indian genetic impact in many areas…
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Suno Punjab
Watching the Pakistani drama Suno Chanda, the author hears Punjabi at length for the first time and asks why it is treated as a rustic Urdu, then explores the Lahnda-Eastern…
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whitening Jain Music
Starting from a catchy song by a French-Malagasy artist who looks white, the author argues crude racial categories are returning, that British period dramas leave little room for BAME actors,…
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Open Thread
Please keep the other posts on topic. Use this for talking about whatever you want to talk about.
