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How English is taking Over
Responding to a Guardian piece on English as the world’s hypercentral language, the author argues English merely reflects Anglo-American supremacy, that China’s rise will not move Chinese speakers to English,…
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Density of Cows Worldwide
Starting from a map of cow density, the author asks how India became vegetarian, prefers Hindu to Muslim dynasties and Ashoka to Akbar, and argues caste, the greatest faultline after…
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Thoughts on the Open thread
Setting out eight personal observations prompted by an open thread: Sindhi identity splits by religion since 1947, ethnicity and religion shape intermarriage, Indian Hindus and Muslims differ on Pakistan, India…
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The Siraiki question
Arguing the Siraiki language is the key question, the author sees Punjabi as a Hindawi pushback into the Lahnda-speaking West, notes Hindko and Siraiki as Lahnda remnants, and says a…
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Pakistan General Elections 2018 – The Silver Linings:
Reproduces a friend’s Facebook list of silver linings from Pakistan’s 2018 election, including a Shia candidate’s inclusive campaign, the first Hindu elected to a general seat, PTM leaders winning seats…
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East Bengal/Pakistan catches up to West Bengal/Pakistan
Noting articles that Bangladesh’s GDP per capita has overtaken Pakistan’s, the author cautions that population estimates and PPP adjustments matter, says infant mortality and life expectancy are better sources of…
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Italian belittles India (and no it’s not Sonia Gandhi)
Reacting to criticism of an Italian photographer’s work on India as poverty porn, the poster satirically calls for lifetime bans for him and Slumdog Millionaire’s makers and the return of…
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Captain Pakistan and the Faustian Pact
In seven points on Pakistan’s 2018 election, the author argues Imran Khan has made a Faustian bargain with the army, grants vote fudging but welcomes democracy taking seed and the…
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Is PTI the BJP of Pakistan and Imran Khan, Modi
X.T.M finds Pakistani politics worse than India’s, yet sees a symmetry between Imran Khan and Narendra Modi: both seem incorruptible and free of dynasty. He warns of hard times if…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,924 comments
