August 2020
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The Global Influences and Achievements of Indian Civilization
Responding to Razib’s question about achievements a Hindu could be proud of, the author lists 58 Indian contributions and influences, from the Indus civilisation, zebu cattle and Hindu-Arabic numerals to…
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Open Thread – 08/15/2020 – Brown Pundits
Open thread of 15 August 2020, opening with an observation that Indian American discussion of Indian culture and politics is filtered through American concerns, for instance turning talk of colourism…
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Yugant / युगान्त : Book Review/Recommendation
Nachiketa recommends Irawati Karve’s Yugant, a critical, rational reading of the Mahabharata that weighs its characters’ motivations, from the Pandavas’ marriage to Draupadi to Krishna’s character, with literary respect but…
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Why there will never be an “India Lobby”
Razib Khan argues there will never be an ‘India lobby’ like those for Cuba or Israel, since large powers matter too much for ethnic interest-group politics, and that the same…
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Browncast Episode 120: Gaurav Lele, Liberal from a soft Hindutva background
In this BrownCast episode the hosts talk to Gaurav Lele, a Pune software engineer who identifies as a liberal Indian from a family with some RSS connections, which lets him…
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An Iyer on the ticket
Biden picks Kamala Harris as VP nominee.
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Why Hinduism is not inchoate paganism
Razib Khan rejects the view that Hindu identity is merely a reaction to Islam and the British, arguing from cross-cultural cases such as Rome, Iran and Japan that it is…
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The Indo-Pakistan problem — To be or Not to be
Written in 2016 after the Uri attack and republished in 2020, the essay seeks nuance on Pakistan, rejecting both the Aman ki Asha line and boycott, and examines the Pakistan…
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Browncast episode 118: Tony, Indian Liberal
A BrownCast episode in which the hosts talk to Tony, a self-identified liberal Indian, about how liberal Indians feel about India’s current trajectory and its future prospects. The podcast is…
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Kashmiri Brahmins are just like other Kashmiris
Razib Khan argues that a paper’s 15 Kashmir Valley samples show no genetic daylight between Pandits and Muslim Kashmiris, though Pandits are an endogamous community, and that Brahmins differ less…
