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Is Erdogan the Turkish Modi?
Prompted by a question about why Indian Muslims dislike Modi but admire Erdogan, X.T.M quotes a comparison of the two leaders’ humble origins and religiously infused nationalism, and sees Turkey…
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Africa’s only Hindu island
Starting from Mauritius as Africa’s only Hindu-majority island, X.T.M speculates on Hindu island diasporas, the role of Brahmin migrants in spreading caste, and an Aryan-versus-AASI model of masculine and mother-goddess…
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Why Climate Change is a cult-
X.T.M criticises a third-party article on monsoons dispersing South Asian pollution as polemical and resting on simulated models, and argues that appeals to expert authority are a fallacy, that natural…
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Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia since Partition
Razib Khan reviews John Keay’s journalist-written history of South Asia since Partition, saying he learned little but that it reinforced his view that ideologues citing extreme casualty figures do a…
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Why I don’t eat Pork
Prompted by a video asking why secular Muslims avoid pork, X.T.M calls pork the ultimate shibboleth, compares religious red lines such as alcohol for Bahá’ís and beef for Hindus, and…
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Sheryl Sandberg desi lookalike speaks out against Trump
X.T.M shares Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s speech condemning the child separation crisis at the US border as a human rights violation, and adds an aside on her resemblance to Sheryl Sandberg.
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Open Thread
Open thread of 20 June 2018 for general discussion; readers are asked to keep other posts on topic.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,924 comments
