February 2019
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Pakistan’s #1 in newborn mortality rates!?!?!
A list ranking Pakistan first for newborn mortality, worse than Afghanistan and the Central African Republic. The poster calls it horrifying despite Pakistan being more prosperous, and asks if anyone…
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Why do South Asians have heart disease?
A quoted article on why South Asians suffer high heart-disease rates, from the MASALA study: more fat stored in the liver and abdomen, and higher risk both among those with…
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Never forget – Comments of the Day
A reader comment of the day suggesting Western leftists think of caste, untouchability and sati whenever colonial atrocities against India are raised, and so excuse the coloniser.
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What India must do to Kashmir-
Zach sets out a provocative list of measures India should take in Kashmir, including stripping protesters of citizenship, encouraging Hindu settlement and Kashmiri Pandit population growth, and withdrawing to defensible…
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Blame Bengal Famine on anyone but the British
Zach shares a tweet exchange over blame for the Bengal famine, arguing British rule in India was profoundly destructive. He says Indian commentators decrying UP and Bihar backwardness overlook British…
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Babri Masjid & our shared Macaulay Caste
Zach shares Rajmohan Gandhi’s proposed four-step settlement over the Babri Masjid, in which both sides and the state acknowledge past wrongs, a Ram temple rises and a new mosque is…
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The Vedic People: Their History and Geography
A recommendation of Rajesh Kochhar’s The Vedic People: Their History and Geography, called short, dense and impressive in command of scholarship, though not to be taken as gospel.
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Kabuki Dance – Pakistan’s Balancing Act
Hamid Hussain argues Pakistan’s regional environment has turned harder under Imran Khan, who faces fast US-Taliban talks, Iran’s isolation and Gulf rivalries amid domestic instability and economic decline. He notes…
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Why I write on India’s lack of Asabiyyah
Zach answers a reader’s call to move beyond India-Pakistan and Aryan-Dravidian debates by saying he does not want an ultra-popular blog, locks more content on his private blog, and values…
