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Only in the Land of the Pure
The author argues that Indian families may disown children for marrying outside caste and religion but would not announce it in a newspaper, whereas in Pakistan the shame falls on…
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Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act on Affirmative Action
Three brief comments on Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act episode on affirmative action: it was relatively fair, he sounds like a Daily Show clone, and it was not particularly funny.
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Happy Birthday VL!
A mock-epic birthday tribute to a Brown Pundits colleague, written in the language of Dharma and divine incarnation, in which a long search for harmony ends in a meeting that…
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Enough with the dog-whistling
A short complaint about persistent racism, with the author saying white British commentators overlook the rising Asian model minority because the two great universities remain overwhelmingly white, as the Ivy…
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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 Pakistani liberals will always fail
After deleting a longer post on Aasia Bibi, the author argues Pakistani liberals are toothless because they will not challenge Islam itself, says Muslims must be free to criticise the…
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Pakistan’s Hybrid Government and the Aasia Bibi Fiasco..
A detailed account of the Aasia Bibi case, from her 2009 arrest after a village dispute to Salmaan Taseer’s assassination and the court rulings, arguing it exposes Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
