2018

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The education of the people of Tianzhu

Noting Shakespeare in India’s ruling decriminalising homosexuality, the author argues the English-speaking Indian elite remains oriented to the West even as China overtakes Britain in trade, and urges Indians to…

Razib Khan10 September 201861 comments
Iran Pakistan border

Shares a Turkish-language video contrasting the Pakistani and Iranian sides of the Balochistan border, with the poster’s caveat that it is hard to translate, plus links to Drew Binsky’s Iran…

X.T.M9 September 201824 comments
American Caste (a)

Defending his phrase ‘caucasian intelligentsia’, the author draws on Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali on the ‘white liberal’, and argues that postmodernism, a colonial tool, damages the self-confidence of Black…

AnAn9 September 20184 comments
Ancient Indian Genetics At ASHG

Previewing Niraj Rai’s ASHG poster on ancient genomes from the Indian subcontinent, the author says he is most interested in the South Indian samples, and shares a comment exchange on…

Razib Khan8 September 201815 comments
Various Thoughts on Iran & Islam

A string of thoughts on Iran and Islam: the author sees Dubai as a despotic trading hub for Asians, argues geography shapes Iranian ethno-linguistic fault lines, stresses Khorasan’s importance to…

X.T.M8 September 201844 comments
“Islamic Chains”

Prompted by Atif Mian’s removal from an advisory council, the author argues Pakistani Muslim liberals tolerate injustice yet bristle at any criticism of Islam, citing izzat and weak outrage over…

X.T.M7 September 201832 comments
Perhaps India is not special in resisting Islamicization

Reading on imperial China, the author reconsiders why India, unlike Iran, resisted total Islamicisation, arguing that Han resilience makes India less exceptional, and that conversion of some elites and oppressed…

Razib Khan7 September 2018121 comments
What the f*ck is Pakistan/PTI doing

Reacting angrily to a Facebook post about the PTI government’s agenda for Pakistani television drama, the poster calls it self-destructive and says a culture that defames martyrs to freedom such…

X.T.M6 September 201856 comments
Thoughts on Section 377

Reacting to India’s decriminalisation of homosexuality, the poster sees India and Pakistan diverging, applauds the Indian model, asks whether wealth requires being Western, and calls Western identity wars tiresome, a…

X.T.M6 September 201852 comments
They make Nazis look good

A comment on the New Yorker’s withdrawal of Steve Bannon’s debate invitation, noting that most objectors opposed debating white ethno-nationalism itself rather than the platform.

Shafiq R6 September 20180 comments