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We are all Aryans now
Drawing on a chapter he wrote for a forthcoming Indian book, the author argues that almost all South Asians are Aryans in the genetic sense, since Indo-Aryan steppe ancestry runs…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 14: conversation with a Hindu nationalist
BP Podcast episode 14 is a long conversation with a Hindu nationalist, who suggested Hindutva reading for listeners. The host says no resolution was expected: questions were clarified and disagreements…
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The ghost of empire and the origin of all repression
Responding to a New York Times op-ed on British feminism and empire, the author argues that progressive claims that binary gender was imposed on South Asians by the West are…
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Our most popular podcasts & a personal dilemma
A BrownCast update from Zack: the most downloaded episodes, led by Genetics and India, with listeners favouring China, Islam and military history over Indian art and culture. He also describes…
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Review: Directorate S
Major Amin reviews Steve Coll’s Directorate S and finds it deeply flawed, citing errors of geography and fact. He argues that US analysts overrated Al Qaeda while the real players…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 13: The British Indian Army
Omar talks to Major Agha Humayun Amin and Dr Hamid Hussain about the British Indian Army: the East India Company’s army, the 1857 mutiny, the army afterwards, and the role…
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The Art of Ta’arof
The author shares a well-written older blog article by Zohreh Ghahremani on ta’arof, the untranslatable Persian code of courtesy and offers, noting that it can mix hospitality with traces of…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread, 5 February 2019, noting that two forthcoming podcast episodes, one on Indian military history and one with a Hindu nationalist, are available on the patron page.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,922 comments
