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Overlapping Magisteria? Are Hindutvavadis more prone to making silly scientific claims? and if so, why?
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Is this Islamophobic
X.T.M, annoyed by a Facebook status, argues that a Muslim and a Jew refusing to shake hands should be treated the same, and asks whether criticising only one is Islamophobic.
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More Indians on the internet than Americans
Razib Khan posts a chart from a Wall Street Journal story on why tech titans are betting on India, showing more Indians online than Americans.
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Semitised Iran, Aryanised India
X.T.M argues that modern Persian identity owes more to Safavid and Islamic-era figures such as Sa’adi, Ferdowsi and Hafez than to Achaemenid or Sasanian pride, and that Persian has wrapped…
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The Conundrum that is Husain Haqqani
A reader profile of Husain Haqqani, requested by AnAn, uses public information and two witnesses to argue he is hard to call an opportunist since many Pakistani politicians changed course,…
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Is White Privilege really “sui generis?”
X.T.M argues that white privilege is real, for example in white casting for Isle of Dogs, and contrasts the angry minority approach with the model minority approach taken by Asians,…
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Toba Tek Singh
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Brown Pundits, big in India!
Razib Khan reports that BP’s Indian traffic is growing faster than American, with the US at 35 per cent and India 29 per cent, and says he worries about cultural…
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Our existence is an offense to moderate Muslims!
Razib Khan quotes a comment advising ex-Muslims to keep quiet, and a reply that people announce their atheism because they can, citing killings of non-believers in Muslim countries, and says…
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South Asians and “communalism”
Razib Khan, citing David Reich, argues that South Asia, unlike China, is a collection of many genetic groups with strong structure persisting within regions, so that Brahmins in Tamil Nadu…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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