April 2021
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Browncast: Sri Thiruvadanthai on the Indian Economy etc
In a BP podcast, three hosts talk to Sri Thiruvadanthai, known as @teasri on Twitter, a finance and economics commentator described as very erudite, about the Indian economy, reforms, China…
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Multiple hearths of agriculture in ancient South Asia
Endorsing Patrick Wyman’s account of South Asian prehistory, though with low confidence, the author thinks the ancestors of later South Asians lived between the Indus and the Zagros, adopting Fertile…
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Browncast: Gaurav Returns to Give An Update on Indian Covid & Marathi Politics
In a BP podcast, Akshar talks to Gaurav, a contributor with an eclectic range of positions across the Indian political spectrum, about the coronavirus’s impact in India, societal changes and…
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Open Thread – 4/24/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 24 April 2021, in which the author says his piece on India drew hostile and incoherent reactions from both the Left and the far Right.
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Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan; the dark side chronicles
Reposting an old piece, Asif Javed argues that the legend of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has outrun the record, and sets out his ‘dark side’, including intolerance of rival power centres…
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Browncast: Frank: a well informed Indian talks about India
In a BP podcast, the hosts talk with ‘Frank’, an anonymous guest with a business and finance background, whom they call well informed, about Indian politics, recent history and his…
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How the BJP Became the Bahujan Janata Party
The author argues that the BJP, long dismissed as a Brahmin-Baniya party, now draws a mandate from Bahujans as well as its upper-caste base, breaking the habit of voting by…
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Browncast: Dr Seema Anand, author of “The arts of seduction”
BrownCast: Mukunda and guest host Shahada talk to Dr Seema Anand, a London-based mythologist who lectures on the Kama Sutra.
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Blasphemy and blasphemy laws in Pakistan
Reposting a 2015 piece revised in 2021, the author argues that blasphemy cases in Pakistan have reached a new level, with police now killing accused men in custody, and questions…
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Clarifications on my views about the Burqa
The author clarifies their view on the burqa after the response to an earlier post, setting out why gut dislike alone is no reason for a ban.
