November 2020
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Araingang: Pakistani American nationalist and internet troll
In this BrownCast episode, Akshar, Mukunda and Razib discuss Pakistani and Indian nationalism with Araingang, a well-known Pakistani American nationalist online, covering Savarkar’s influence, Pakistan’s focus on West Asia and…
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Open Thread – 11/28/2020 – Brown Pundits
Open thread, 28 November 2020: a prescheduled note that the poster is keeping the Patreon to cover Brown Pundits costs such as podcast hosting, and will cross-post some podcasts from…
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On identifying with the label “Liberal” over “Conservative”
Prompted by a Twitter exchange with Akshay Alladi, the author explains why he identifies as a liberal rather than a conservative or ‘Hindutva liberal’, setting out his biases as a…
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Ancient German gotras
Discussing a study of two Bell Beaker cemeteries in south Germany, the author says archaeology, DNA and isotopes show family groups in which all males share one Y haplogroup and…
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How much “steppe” ancestry is there in South Asia? (Indian subcontinent)
A back-of-the-envelope estimate by the author that about 14 per cent of ancestry in South Asia, around 220 million people, derives from steppe Sintashta pastoralists, with 20 to 25 per…
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Book Review: A New Idea of India- Harsh Gupta & Rajeev Mantri
A review of Harsh Gupta and Rajeev Mantri’s A New Idea of India, which the reviewer sees as an earnest attempt to present the modern Indian state as heir to…
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Open Thread – 11/20/2020
Open thread, 21 November 2020: the poster mentions an AMA on IndiaSpeaks, his new Substack, and his children learning about Diwali this week.
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The Koran; a very short introduction
An old review, first written for the Pakistani magazine Herald in 2002, of Michael Cook’s The Koran: A Very Short Introduction. The poster judges it witty and informative even for…
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Afghan Conundrum II
Hamid Hussain surveys Pakistan’s long involvement in Afghanistan after Donald Trump’s tweet that US troops would be home by Christmas, noting Imran Khan’s government has handed the Afghan file to…
