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RIP Fahmida Riaz
A note marking the death of the poet and scholar Fahmida Riaz, remembered for her fearlessness and an Indian exile under Zia, with Hasan Mujtaba’s tribute poem and a translation…
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Proud of Pakistan-
A short post saying encouraging news from Pakistan and a photograph of Indian Muslims give the author hope, and arguing that Indians are pushed to be more liberal and Pakistanis…
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Sting of a WASP
The author, who says he stands with Dalits, argues that Western vilification of India’s upper castes is unhelpful, that those castes are shrinking through migration, intermarriage and low fertility as…
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Why is India allowing foreign missionaries?
Asking why India lets foreign missionaries into the Andamans after the reported killing of John Allen Chau, the author argues contact has been dangerous for native peoples and worries about…
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Smash the Brahmanical Patriarchy
A satirical take on the Indian Twitter row involving Jack Dorsey and Lewis Hamilton, mimicking demands for bans and public shaming, while the author argues the British had a keen…
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Have we seen the face of Rama?
Starting from photographs of the Kalash, the author asks what the Indo-Aryans looked like, discussing three ancestral strands in South Asians (AASI, Iranian-related farmers and Aryans) and cautioning against assuming…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread inviting readers to discuss anything, with a request to keep other posts on topic.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
