October 2019
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Browncast Episode 69, You’re Southern South Asian!
BrownCast episode 69: Razib and past guest Surya Yalamanchili discuss 23andMe’s updated South Asian ancestry composition, which after nearly a decade of being 95 per cent ‘Broadly South Asian’ now…
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Saint Greta, Virgin and Guevara
Charles Cameron’s ‘DoubleQuote’ posts pair memes of Greta Thunberg with Guevara and with Malala Yousafzai, then ask readers whether the memes are valid, in conflict or irrelevant, and whether either…
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23andMe says Bangladeshis are more Bengali than West Bengalis!
Razib Khan notes that 23andMe’s updated panel gives Bangladeshis more ‘Bengali’ ancestry than West Bengalis, because it treats East Asian-enriched ancestry as diagnostic, which would make even Tagore’s profile look…
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Kashmir, Analysis by Dr Hamid Husain
Hamid Hussain sets out possible scenarios after India’s 5 August 2019 change to Kashmir’s status, which split off Ladakh and removed Article 35A. This is the first part; the second…
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Hindutva need a Tariq Ramadan (without the rape allegations!)
Razib Khan argues that Hindu nationalists lack voices who are uncompromising yet fluent in Western philosophical and rhetorical language, as Tariq Ramadan was for conservative Islam. He doubts the claim…
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Brown Pundits ascending!
Brown Pundits passed one million pageviews after two years, with a chart of monthly unique users since June 2017.
