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Brown Pundits Browncast
Announces that the Brown Pundits ‘browncast’, as opposed to ‘brown caste’, is going ahead, and says it will not be submitted to iTunes or Stitcher until a podcast has actually…
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The Tamil Diaspora in Norway
Excerpts from Øivind Fuglerud’s 1999 book Life on the Outside, on the Tamil diaspora in Norway and long-distance nationalism, posted with a link to the PDF rather than a review.
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Brett Kavanaugh Open Thread
Open thread on the Brett Kavanaugh nomination, opening with the author’s unedited thoughts: no smoke without fire, though events may be exaggerated, and a sense the nomination signals a darker…
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Why is the British Muslim community such an underclass one?
After visiting a Peterborough cafe where men spoke Mirpuri, the author laments the state of the British Pakistani community and urges it to vote Tory, back grammar schools and drop…
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Book Review: Pakistan Adrift by Asad Durrani
Hamid Hussain reviews Asad Durrani’s memoir Pakistan Adrift, finding the former ISI chief candid about his own mistakes, including distributing money to politicians, and a revealing guide to power at…
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Fascists on Hindu Twitter
A one-line reaction that Hindu Twitter is becoming disturbing, quoting a tweet that alleges a woman who converted to marry a Muslim man was killed by her husband and father-in-law.
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Can a white liberal call a black conservative, a “bigot”
After criticising Owen Jones for calling a black man a bigot, the author, who calls himself a High Tory, argues white liberals reserve their contempt for conservative minorities who do…
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A single nation divided by a civilisation
The author argues India and Pakistan are one nation divided into two civilisations, while Iran and Afghanistan are one civilisation divided into two nations, citing Ferdowsi’s ‘Iranianisation’ and the Afghan,…
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The bisexual & the Baha’i Twins + why do Pakistanis fake it?
Three items: speculation about the religious ancestry of an Iranian-American actress and her lookalike, a complaint that a Pakistani restaurant gamed TripAdvisor, and a tribute to Karachi, his favourite city,…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
