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1900’s: Betrayal and change in China’s Perception of the West
Sbarrkum, excerpting a moonofalabama post, argues that China had a Westernised elite like South Asia’s, with figures such as Wellington Koo, and that the West’s failure to honour agreements those…
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You the Marathas, we the Mughals & Dalrymple the Coloniser
X.T.M dismisses William Dalrymple as a coloniser lecturing on Indian history, and doubts a commenter’s claim that the British won India from the Marathas, saying he is a self-declared Mughalist…
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Black Pundits
X.T.M speculates what Black, White, Olive or Yellow Pundits would argue about, saying Brown identity is defined by India-Pakistan, Hindu-Muslim and Arya-Dravida debates, and links the blog’s love of minutiae…
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The Philippines Genocide: 3 million Filipinos Killed
Sbarrkum posts excerpts from reports of the 1898 Spanish-American War period, including an American general’s estimate of 600,000 killed on Luzon, arguing that the Philippines suffered a genocide, with a…
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Homoeroticism, Blasphemy, and Classical Muslim Society
Omar Ali posts a Twitter thread by Irfan Muzammil on homoeroticism and blasphemy in classical Muslim society, starting from the Abbasid poet Abu Nuwas, and adds his own brief comments…
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Diaspora culture are often more conservative
Razib Khan answers a comment on diaspora conservatism: diasporas can blend with host cultures, but they also preserve archaic norms, as with foot-binding in Borneo’s Chinese communities and Quebec French.
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Accents of Leaders
X.T.M laments that South Asian leaders no longer speak English as Nehru, Jinnah and Bandaranaike did, and adds a news item on the last Mughal heiress in a Calcutta slum…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
