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The idea of foreigness in the Indian Muslim narrative
Prompted by Laila Tyabji’s essays on her Bohra family, the author argues the most ‘pro-Indian’ Muslims are those most sure of their foreignness, as with Parsis, while convert classes stress…
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The unsex appeal of Asian Men..
Reacting to a video arguing white people fetishise Asian women and de-masculinise Asian men, the poster says much Asian male dissatisfaction is really about the ‘white’ dating market, and adds…
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Open Thread
An open thread inviting readers to discuss whatever they like, asking that other posts stay on topic.
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Nipple & Button – the decline & fall of the American Empire
Starting from Trump’s gaffe over Nepal and Bhutan, the author argues his Turkey tariffs hasten the end of a unipolar world, pushing Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Russia and China into a…
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V. S. Naipaul has died
A short tribute saying the author has read only Naipaul’s nonfiction, which distilled familiar intuitions into economical prose, though he later rejected much of its analysis, and leaving the fiction…
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Has Manish Malhotra jumped the shark?
Questions designer Manish Malhotra’s ‘Indo-Persian’ collection Zween, saying it shows Bollywood with floral motifs rather than Iran, and suggests he should have called it back to Pakistan, since Mughlai high…
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Caste in Buddhist Monastic Orders of Sri Lanka
Excerpts from a Colombo Telegraph article on how caste shaped schisms among Sri Lanka’s Buddhist monastic orders and how British rule exploited and preserved feudal structures. The poster adds no…
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The Story Of A Tamil Boy’s Revenge
An excerpt from a Colombo Telegraph story in which a father explains to his son how a rice trader uses social hierarchy and ritual to keep economic power over a…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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