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Hindutvavadis are not Bhakts
Using the Marathi devotional tale of Gora Kumbhar, an atheist author criticises the core idea of Bhakti, comparing the trance of devotion to drug intoxication, with a title that distinguishes…
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Open Thread – 07/10/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 10 July 2021, opening with the claim that Bangladesh must recognise the Adibashis’ right to self-determination to prevent their extinction.
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Browncast: An Ex-Muslim Bangladeshi convert to Buddhism speaks
In a BP podcast, the host talks to ‘Alex’, a Bangladeshi freethinker who went from Islam to Buddhism, about Bangladesh’s economic and social situation and the oppression of tribal people…
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I’m on Urban Chatterati again!
The author notes another appearance on Urban Chatterati and quotes a commenter’s remark that he is trying hard to keep his ‘woke Islamism’ in check.
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Open Thread – 07/03/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 3 July 2021, remarking that many comments on the Pew India survey are poor, and that the new book Indians: A Brief History of a Civilization looks…
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Pew Survey on India (religion, etc.)
The author lists impressions of the Pew survey on religion in India: Hindi’s dominance in the Gangetic plain, doubts over reported mass conversion in the South, strong opposition to inter-caste…
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The ancient Indo-Iranians
Here’s a podcast on the Indo-Iranians from Patrick Wyman.
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A Shocking Decision
Ali Minai recounts how, around 816 CE, the Abbasid caliph al-Mamun offered succession to the eighth Shia Imam, Ali al-Rida, who accepted only under pressure and died within about a…
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Indian American survey (outmarriage rate)
From a survey of Indian Americans, the author notes that outmarriage is male-skewed among immigrants but balances among the native-born, that the 30 per cent rate is lower than expected,…
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Open Thread – 06/26/2021
Open thread for 26 June 2021, asking readers for books on the Mughals that can be found in the USA, and noting an appearance on Abhinav’s show.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
