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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

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2018

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  • Should Hinduism survive?

    The author, who left and returned to Hinduism, argues it must be judged by whether it can end untouchability and violence against women, while holding that its philosophical traditions such…

    Bharata Bharatavanshi23 March 201812 comments

  • Happy Lahore day

    X.T.M welcomes Pakistan honouring one of Lahore’s greatest figures and urges the country to own its history in a collaborative way.

    X.T.M23 March 20181 comment

  • Paki Pundits

    X.T.M answers a reader’s concern that the blog fixates on Pakistan and Islam, arguing that blaming Islam for the subcontinent’s problems is bunk, citing Kerala, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and…

    X.T.M23 March 201855 comments

  • Husain Haqqani

    A tweet from Husain Haqqani thanking the ISI for publicity for his book Reimagining Pakistan, with the poster asking if he is one of the best living Hindustani leaders.

    AnAn22 March 201813 comments

  • Islamoskepticism or Islamophobia

    The author argues that religions should be compared on criteria such as inequality, freedom to criticise and violence, concluding that Hinduism is worst on inequality while Islam and Christianity score…

    Bharata Bharatavanshi22 March 201843 comments

  • The Problem with Mishra and Roy

    Omar Ali argues that Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy and Tariq Ali are overrated as voices of India’s left, and that their mix of Marxism, postcolonial theory and environmentalism wastes the…

    Omar Ali21 March 20180 comments

  • Happy Cheti Chand

    X.T.M shares a family WhatsApp forward for Cheti Chand listing wealthy Sindhi billionaires, executives and film figures, with his own doubt that the income-tax claim is accurate.

    X.T.M20 March 201829 comments

  • Pakistan, communists and a stained dawn

    The reposted piece uses the band Laal and Faiz’s poem ‘Umeed-e-Seher’, an anthem of Pakistan’s 2007 lawyers’ movement, to explore Marxists in Pakistan and argue that international media ignore stories…

    AbdulMajeed Abid19 March 20187 comments

  • Indian Diplomats in Pakistan harassed

    X.T.M quotes a report of Indian diplomats being harassed in Islamabad, then reflects on apologising for one’s community’s failings, contrasting Pakistani and Hindu defensiveness and tying right-wing Hindu mobilisation to…

    X.T.M18 March 201822 comments

  • Shocking Sexism towards Kareena Kapoor

    X.T.M criticises an interview in which Rajdeep Sardesai questioned Kareena Kapoor’s education and fit with the Pataudi family, arguing it patronised a blockbuster star, drawing on his wife’s view and…

    X.T.M18 March 20186 comments
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