November 2018
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Protecting Brahmin Izzat
Reacting to two Twitter threads, the author objects to outsiders opining on caste, says conference hosts underrate what South Asian passport holders endure to get visas, and argues Brahmin izzat…
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When my own kind robbed me of 50 quid
The shop owner recounts losing fifty pounds in a change-swapping trick, after he had warmed to the customer because staff had mistaken him for a delivery driver, and reflects on…
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Love is love
The author praises Priyanka Chopra’s wedding to Nick Jonas at Umaid Bhavan, with few Bollywood guests, as an emancipated Desi woman’s challenge to patriarchy and a proud choice to marry…
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Pakistan Wins in the Sikh Punjab under Imran’s Captaincy
The author, a self-described critic of Pakistan, calls the Kartarpur Corridor a big win for Pakistan and Imran Khan despite quibbles over his English, and recounts a Delhi Khatri Sikh’s…
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A few random notes on gallantry awards (British Indian Army)
Hamid Hussain’s notes on gallantry awards in the British Indian Army argue that awards were often arbitrary and favoured well-connected elite regiments, with anecdotes from one Frontier Force battalion on…
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Indian Textbooks, Fascism, Western (liberal) Gaze..
Embeds Alex Traub’s tweet announcing his report, now outside the paywall, on Indian textbooks that he says question democracy, celebrate violence and stoke communal tensions.
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread inviting readers to discuss anything, with a request to keep other posts on topic.
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Shame on Pakistan- 10years on from 26.11; In Memoriam.
Ten years after the Mumbai attacks of 26 November 2008: a memorial note, with Kasab’s own account of what he was told jihad meant.
