July 2019
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On being Indian
A guest reflection by The Living Lakshmi, born in Madras and living in Britain, on why expatriates stay tethered to India and what being Indian means: a country of many…
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Dark Skin & Getting Married | Stand Up Comedy by Saikiran
Praising comic Saikiran’s stand-up on dark skin and marriage as a challenge to ‘Casteocracy’, the author sees a turn towards cultural authenticity in Modi’s India, though the comic must still…
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India After Gandhi: $1.99 Kindle Deal
A note that Ramachandra Guha’s India After Gandhi is a $1.99 Kindle deal in the US, acknowledging its critics but judging the revised and updated book worth reading at some…
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This man makes me proud of being a Baha’i
The author shares the story of a Black Bahá’í man that moved him, says he learnt it late, and argues that racism within the Bahá’í community means Persian and white…
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why Afghanistan & Pakistan must unite under a Constitutional monarchy
The author proposes that Pakistan resolve its identity dilemma through a Persian-speaking, Sunni constitutional monarchy united with Afghanistan, modelled on England and Scotland’s Union of the Crowns, arguing it is…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 20 July 2019: a general thread for any topic.
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We have hit peak podcast!
Prompted by a New York Times piece asking whether podcasting has peaked, the author recalls the early blogosphere, notes his own podcasting since 2016, and points to the Browncast’s range…
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Who brought the Zebu in the Near East ?
Discussing a Science paper on 67 ancient Near Eastern cattle genomes, the author says it confirms widespread zebu admixture from the Indus Valley from about 2000 BCE, likely male-driven and…
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Moon Landing
A short personal recollection that the family bought its first television in 1969, a few months before the moon landing, and so watched it live, though not just for that…
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Remembering Peterloo and Jallianwala
After a London event on the Peterloo Massacre, the author notes how the Rowlatt Act behind Jallianwala Bagh echoes Britain’s Six Acts that suppressed reform meetings after Peterloo, and links…
