March 2020
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Open Thread
Open thread, 21 March 2020, with a joking prompt about Pakistani and Indian COVID-19 infection numbers.
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The Consequences of Coronavirus
Argues that COVID-19 is deepening nationalism while also creating a new internationalism centred on China, whose aid to Serbia and Italy the author likens to debt traps, while the US…
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Why Musa was made C in C Pakistan Army
Reposting Aslam Minhas, via Major Amin, on why Ayub Khan made General Musa commander-in-chief in 1958, overlooking the better qualified Habibullah Khan, a choice that some officers later saw as…
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The Problem With The Juggernaut Is Its South Asianness
Argues that the problem with the subscription webzine The Juggernaut is its pose as ‘South Asian’, a label innocuous on its face, while crediting good stories such as Sabrina Malhi’s…
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Browncast episode 86: Harsh Gupta on Hindutva, Indian Economy, etc.
BrownCast episode 86 with Harsh Gupta, a Mumbai investor and, at this point, a Modi supporter who is bullish on India, covering Hindutva, the Indian economy, Indian Muslims and whatever…
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US Stock market, plus Boeing
A commenter-style market view arguing that the US stock market crash exposes the instabilities behind 2008, leaving ordinary savers holding the bag, and that Boeing’s fall was predictable given buybacks…
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Two coronavirus podcasts
Links two coronavirus podcasts: an Italian in Verona and a British geneticist living in Shanghai.
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Open Thread
Talk about whatever you want.
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India and COVID-19
Quotes a TIME report doubting India’s low COVID-19 case count given limited testing, and asks readers why no major outbreak has appeared, noting Iran’s far higher numbers.
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The time of the tribes cometh
