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Lust Stories
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Books on Indian history without recency bias
Razib Khan complains that books on Indian history skew to the Muslim and colonial periods, for nationalist and source reasons, and asks readers for suggestions on ancient and medieval history,…
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Kargil War
Omar Ali reposts his argument that Musharraf and a few cronies launched the Kargil operation without thinking it through, calling it a strategic and tactical disaster that cost hundreds of…
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Kashmir, a Personal View..
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Pakistan and India. The Long View.. (updated)
The author argues that the India-Pakistan conflict is asymmetric because Pakistan wants to change the Kashmir status quo while India is content with it, surveys Pakistan’s attempts to change it…
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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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3 questions about BP readers
X.T.M asks readers and commenters about gender, education, ethnic origin, caste background and privilege, prompted by a commenter’s bio.
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For “Strategic Reasons”, Did Britain Want Pakistan in 1947?
An anonymous correspondent’s points, posted by Omar Ali, argue that Britain preferred a divided India for strategic reasons after 1945, with the Soviet Union ascendant and Congress refusing to grant…
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Review: 12 Rules for Life (Jordan Peterson)
Omar Ali reviews Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life, prompted by the author’s controversy and a long library hold list. He finds the rules generally sound, if some are obvious…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,924 comments
