November 2018
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Why is India allowing foreign missionaries?
Asking why India lets foreign missionaries into the Andamans after the reported killing of John Allen Chau, the author argues contact has been dangerous for native peoples and worries about…
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Smash the Brahmanical Patriarchy
A satirical take on the Indian Twitter row involving Jack Dorsey and Lewis Hamilton, mimicking demands for bans and public shaming, while the author argues the British had a keen…
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Have we seen the face of Rama?
Starting from photographs of the Kalash, the author asks what the Indo-Aryans looked like, discussing three ancestral strands in South Asians (AASI, Iranian-related farmers and Aryans) and cautioning against assuming…
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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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Why I Repeated Aasia Bibi’s Alleged Words
The author defends repeating the words Aasia Bibi was accused of saying, arguing that sanitising the allegation sanitises the cruelty, and that freedom of expression means little unless it protects…
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Why has Imran Khan aged so badly-
Wondering why Imran Khan looks so much older than a Gulf ruler he once posed with, the author blames earlier drinking and a late return to religion, then reflects on…
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Brown Pundits Podcast #2 – Asia Bibi and Colorism
Brown Pundits Podcast number 2, a long episode of more than an hour and a half, covers the Asia Bibi case and colorism, as its title makes clear, and asks…
