October 2021
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Afghan Chaos. Dr Hamid Hussain’s view..
In correspondence posted by Omar Ali, Hamid Hussain discusses the regional risks of chaos in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal. Omar notes he hopes for peace somewhat more than Major…
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Open Thread – 10/29/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread, 29 October 2021. Razib Khan reminds readers to subscribe to the podcast, as some episodes have no accompanying blog post.
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Early Hinduism – the epic stratification
Nachiketa offers a self-described highly speculative account of how jati-varna stratification emerged, bringing together early Indian texts and the Sramana traditions of Buddhists, Jainas and Ajivikas, and contrasting their detailed…
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Browncast: Anti Hindu violence in Bangladesh with Alex
Mukunda and Nachiketa host Alex Zuvran to discuss recent anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh, Islamism, the Awami League, Sheikh Hasina and cricket; the host says some of what the guest said…
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The Sintashta horses!
Razib Khan quotes the abstract of a paper placing the origin of modern domestic horses in the lower Volga-Don steppes, and concludes that the Sintashta seem to have triggered the…
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Open Thread – 10/18/2021 – Brown Pundits
What’s going on?
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Why the Aryan debate matters and why it should NOT
Nachiketa revisits the Aryan debate as a question of identity and politics rather than history, arguing it is largely irrelevant to the issues it is tied to, such as colonial…
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Major Amin’s Review: 1965, A Western Sunrise. by Shiv Kunal Varma
Reviewing Shiv Kunal Verma’s 1965: A Western Sunrise, retired Major Agha H Amin finds it a good effort with interesting background but lists several errors on brigade structure, the SSG’s…
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Browncast: Omar Ali on Pakistan, Myths and Realities
Reversing roles, Maneesh Taneja interviews Omar Ali on Pakistan’s ideology, Partition, why the army rules and how India-Pakistan relations may evolve; errata correct the Indian army’s share of Muslims at…
