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Hindu conversions to Islam in Pakistan
Razib Khan, citing a news report, argues that conversions of poor Hindus in rural Sindh, which is about 10% Hindu, are better explained by desperation and discrimination than by pure…
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Belief and Reclamation
The Emissary frames the 5 August 2020 Ayodhya temple foundation as a civilisation’s long-awaited reclamation, retelling Ram’s journey in the Ramayana and arguing that its classification as itihasa, history rather…
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A better commenting system
Razib Khan asks readers for suggestions, pros and cons on a better commenting system, saying he will keep WordPress and will delete off-topic comments.
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Ram temple
Razib Khan, saying he knows only the superficial story of the Ayodhya temple foundation, points to Slate and Al Jazeera pieces on it and on Modi’s role, and asks readers…
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Long long with caste be a bar? Perhaps more than three centuries!
Razib Khan says genetic data surprised him: jati groups are sharply distinct, endogamy is deep and ancient, and steppe ancestry roughly correlates with caste status, so he argues caste may…
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Browncast Adjacent
Razib Khan tabulates the podcasts Apple lists as ‘Related’ to the Browncast, noting which reciprocate and which have exchanged guests with it, and that the pattern recalls reciprocity in the…
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Browncast Episode 117: Meet the Maheshwaris!
A BrownCast episode in which Razib, Mukunda and Omar talk to Nikhil M., cousin of Indian Matchmaking’s Sima Taparia, about how accurately the show depicts her, and about life as…
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Open Thread – 08/01/2020 – Brown Pundits
Open thread of 1 August 2020. The opening note says the BrownCast schedule is irregular, that open threads are getting too long and nasty, and asks readers which three history…
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Caste – bred to the bone!
Razib Khan follows a podcast on caste, arguing from genetics that jati is a strong reality, with endogamy across southern Asia for 1,500 years, and contrasting China’s civilisational continuity, where…
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Browncast Episode 115: Sean P. McCarthy, Come the Revolution!
A BrownCast episode in which Razib talks to Sean P. McCarthy of the economic or ‘Dirtbag’ Left, who mocks the woke Left online but holds serious views challenging what he…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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