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Are Hindu Atheists more Plural ?
Nachiketa argues that Hindu atheists, who mostly keep a Hindu identity and focus on ritual and tradition rather than abstract disbelief, differ from ex-Muslim and ex-Christian atheists, and traces Hindu…
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The anxieties behind narrative of “Love Jihad”
Drawing on Ambedkar’s Pakistan or the Partition of India, Nachiketa argues that the ‘love jihad’ narrative reflects Hindu anxieties about contact between Hindu women and Muslim men under purdah and…
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Charles Cameron, R.I.P.
Razib Khan notes the death of Charles Cameron, a contributor to the blog and an early podcast guest, remembering his great heart and boundless curiosity.
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Some musings on the Bengal riots of 1949-50
Drawing on TCA Raghavan’s The People Next Door, the author notes that Bengal’s partition violence peaked in early 1950, especially in East Pakistan, prompting Nehru’s hawkish stance, and suggests Gandhi’s…
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The Middle Path: Towards a Liberal Conservatism in India (Part 3)
In the third of three posts, the author sets out an ‘Anglo-Dharmic’ liberal conservative framework for India, assessing the Nehruvian state’s treatment of Indian Muslims and then domestic and foreign…
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Islam on the fringes
Razib Khan reads Richard Eaton’s India in the Persianate Age, noting Mughal accounts of Muslim peasant pockets in 16th-century eastern Bengal and the thesis, which he finds broadly credible but…
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Notes on the religious demography of Punjab and Bengal
The author compares the religious demography of Punjab and Bengal after 1947, noting Indian Punjab’s Muslim share fell to 1.6% while Indian Bengal’s is 27.1%, with Muslim-majority districts such as…
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Book Review : Exotic Aliens, The Lion and The Cheetah in India
Nachiketa summarises Romila Thapar’s argument that lions and cheetahs were exotic to India and entered its imagery late, noting that Indus seals show tigers but no lions, and Yusuf Ansari’s…
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Why do Pakistanis not want to be descended from Hindus?
Razib Khan argues genetic data show Punjabis and Sindhis have almost no West Asian ancestry, then discusses the ideological contest between Pakistanis and Hindu nationalists over Pakistanis’ Hindu origins, including…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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