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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

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2018

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  • Padmavat banned in Malaysia

    X.T.M shares a comment on Alauddin Khilji after the Padmavat ban in Malaysia, saying he has not seen the film but has heard it is anti-Alauddin.

    X.T.M9 February 201815 comments

  • Review: The House of Government

    Omar Ali reviews Yuri Slezkine’s The House of Government, a thousand-page saga following Bolshevik revolutionaries from youthful rebels through the revolution, collectivisation, the purges and the eventual collapse of communist…

    Omar Ali9 February 20181 comment

  • Paki Elites & where they live

    X.T.M offers an impressionistic guide to where Pakistan’s elites live, placing political and bureaucratic power in Islamabad, the military in Rawalpindi, economic elites in Lahore and the country’s most cosmopolitan,…

    X.T.M8 February 201821 comments

  • Fair & Lovely

    X.T.M criticises the choice of a white egg donor for a Bollywood director’s children, arguing it sends a ‘white is right’ message in a colour-conscious society and contrasts with Hindutva’s…

    X.T.M7 February 201816 comments

  • Ranking Mass Murder..

    Omar Ali, prompted by an NYRB article asking who killed more, offers tentative criteria for ranking mass murderers, beginning with intent, and argues the question grows more complicated the more…

    Omar Ali5 February 20185 comments

  • Does the Hijab suit desi women?

    X.T.M asks, provocatively, whether the hijab suits desi women, and says model minorities should put their best foot forward.

    X.T.M5 February 20188 comments

  • Brown Pundits

    X.T.M reflects on Brown Pundits turning seven, recalling the Sepia Mutiny days, how Razib’s idea started the blog and how its beginnings coincided with meeting his wife.

    X.T.M4 February 20183 comments

  • Ancient Arya Culture

    An open thread opened with a post arguing that Arya culture is far older than Western Indology suggests, spanning Iran to Southeast Asia, and that Buddhism belongs within the broader…

    BP Admin Team · opened by AnAn3 February 201817 comments

  • Caste in Punjab

    Razib Khan links a post on genetic variation in the Lahore sample of the 1000 Genomes project, admitting he knows little about caste in Pakistani Punjab.

    Razib Khan29 January 20180 comments

  • Brown for Life

    X.T.M says Nikki Haley cannot express an opinion without being reminded she is ‘Nimrata’, adding it may be even more offensive if the account concerned is not itself desi.

    X.T.M29 January 20185 comments
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