April 2019
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How serious is the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India ?
Citing a scholar who finds continuity in BJP policy on minorities, the author argues Hindu-Muslim conflict is rather benign by the twentieth century’s standards, compared with Russia, China and Mexico,…
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Browncast Episode 31: Jalliawala Bagh Podcast
On Browncast Episode 31, marking a hundred years since Jallianwala Bagh, hosts and guests broadly agree that Britain should apologise for the massacre, then range across identity, the ‘Hindu rage’…
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Manifesto Musings
Opening a planned series on the 2019 election manifestos, the author compares the BJP’s leader-centred, ‘resolution’ style with the Congress’s focus on people and delivery, and asks whether caste, communal…
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Pakistan’s tourism industry
A short post about launching the ‘Brown CamCast’ to mark the Jallianwala Bagh centenary, with plans for podcasts on Bollywood’s evolution and the election; it does not match its title…
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Browncast Episode 30: Philippe Lemoine on philosophy, politics, French immigration & The European Union
On Browncast Episode 30, philosopher and data scientist Philippe Lemoine discusses his path from computer science to philosophy of science, his hard-headed analysis of migration into France, and his sanguine…
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Chutzpah- celebrating HM the Queen’s birthday in the Punjab on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh
Reacting to a British reception for the Queen’s birthday in Punjab on the eve of Jallianwala Bagh’s centenary, the author argues South Asians must demand an apology, a reckoning of…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
An open thread, noting that a new podcast has gone up on the patron page.
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Jallianwala Bagh; 100 years on
On the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh, the author is infuriated that Britain’s prime minister would not apologise, reflects on Britain’s mix of condescension and respect towards India, and suggests caste…
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What is in a name?
Starting from the origins of Martin Luther’s name, the author questions why Indian converts to Christianity often take ‘Christian names’ to avoid pagan references, noting that European converts kept names…
