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Genetic variation in South Asia
In a quick data post, Razib Khan uses a map, an Fst tree, PCA and Treemix to show that South Asian groups, such as Gujaratis, Sindhis and Telugus, differ far…
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On the rectification of names and religion
Drawing on Scott Atran’s naturalistic approach to religion, Razib Khan argues that interpretive anthropology, and postcolonial thought with it, holds too much power to settle factual questions, and weighs the…
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Genetical clarifications on caste
Following an earlier post, a geneticist uses jati and varna to avoid the European word caste, and argues South Asia’s population-genetic structure is unusual because groups remain genetically distinct, unlike…
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Genetical observations on caste
Citing David Reich’s book, Razib Khan says most Indian jatis have been genetically endogamous for about 2,000 years and varna groups differ in steppe ancestry, which he thinks undermines the…
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Caste in Pakistan
A reader comment, signed Abdul Majeed, argues that caste matters greatly in Pakistan despite appearing invisible in big cities, shaping elections, marriages and dealings with bureaucrats, and accuses Sir Syed…
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Interview with a Tiananmen Square survivor
An interview with a Chinese doctor who was at Tiananmen Square and escaped in the early 1990s, first published in the Daily Times, tracing his rebellious youth, family hardship after…
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Caste in US medicine?
A first-person account by a US cardiologist of his name revealing his Kuruba shudra roots and three incidents of caste questions from Indian-origin colleagues, with a call for US law…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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