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BrownCast Podcast episode 16: Native Americans and a globalized world
The hosts talk about Native Americans and a globalised world, an episode the introduction presents as a departure from the usual South Asian topics. It argues that the founders are…
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Coloniser mansplaining beautiful Indian girl
Zach calls out a man in a Netflix clip as epitomising the ‘coloniser complex’ for talking over a woman who rejected him, and objects that Netflix saw nothing wrong with…
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Humble Address to his Majesty-
Zach comments on Imran Khan asking the Saudi crown prince to treat Pakistani labourers well, calling the response ‘ambassador of Pakistan’ a case of Pakistani improvisation. He mocks the posture…
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Can India and Pakistan Make Peace?
Major Agha H. Amin’s 2013 article argues that Pakistan’s military desire for peace with India is a tactical response to US pressure over Afghanistan, as with Musharraf’s earlier overtures. The…
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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…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
