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The Unravelling of the AMT
The author argues that the textual evidence of the Rigveda, centred on Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, gives no support to an extra-Indian Aryan homeland. He challenges Vagheesh Narasimhan’s…
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American Caste (b)
The author argues that America faces a national crisis in maths competence, citing 2018 PISA scores in which only 8 per cent of US students reached Level 5, against far…
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Browncast episode 76: Sham Sharma and Mukunda Raghavan
BrownCast episode 76: the hosts talk to YouTuber Sham Sharma, host of the Sham Sharma Show, and returning guest Mukunda Raghavan of Meru Media, covering Indian civilisation, Hindutva, Muslims, Dexter…
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Why Indian Muslims are in India not of India
Razib Khan asks why Indian Muslims have stayed less assimilated than earlier arrivals such as the Ahom. He argues that the gap between Islam and Dharmic traditions matters, and that…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread for 15 December 2019; no topic set, a general space for readers to talk about whatever they like.
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The role of Comedy in our age
An aspiring stand-up comic describes growing up in Pakistan with little stand-up culture, learning humour from Urdu television and Western shows, and the gap between written Urdu humour and performance.…
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India’s massive fertility gradient
Razib Khan points to the fertility gap between Bihar (total fertility rate about 3.3) and West Bengal (about 1.6) as one of the largest in the world, comparing it with…
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The CAB Battle – Who Is An Indian (Citizen)?
The author defends the Citizenship Amendment Bill as relief for persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, arguing that foreign coverage omits the context of Partition and the Two-Nation Theory.…
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The “Same Page” saga..
Retired general Asad Durrani’s article on the army chief’s tenure extension and the ‘same page’ arrangement in Pakistan, reposted with red comments by Dr Hamid Hussain and blue comments by…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,919 comments
