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Caste in America
Razib Khan predicts that UC Davis adding caste to its anti-discrimination policy will lead others to follow and American liberals to talk constantly about caste, and offers survey-based notes on…
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David Berlinski Reviews Pankaj Mishra
Omar Ali promotes David Berlinski’s review of Pankaj Mishra’s essay collection Bland Fanatics, quoting excerpts and linking his own earlier rants, in which he dismisses Mishra as good for virtue…
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Pankaj Mishra and His Discontents
Omar Ali reposts his 2014 reply to a Pankaj Mishra New York Times op-ed, calling the ‘Pankajist worldview’ superficial while conceding that Indian hypernationalism is as real, and potentially as…
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South Asian ancestry in Tajikistan
Razib Khan quotes a study modelling Tajik ancestry as mostly Iron Age Turkmenistan with some Xiongnu and about 8 per cent South Asian, and reads its date for the South…
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Browncast: Ambassador Kamran Shafi on Benazir, Nawaz Sharif, Military Rule, etc
Omar Ali talks to Kamran Shafi, a former army officer, columnist, Benazir Bhutto’s press secretary and ambassador to Cuba, about Benazir, Nawaz Sharif and military rule, with a voice-message postscript…
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Browncast: Peter Nimitz
In this BrownCast episode, Akshar and Razib Khan chat with the Twitter historian Peter Nimitz about obscure tribes, the Indus Valley and other historical tangents; the post gives no further…
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Major Amin; a few words on Pakistan, Afghanistan and China
Omar Ali’s update interview with Major Amin on Pakistan, Afghanistan and China, redone in a more sober tone at the Major’s request after a first take in which he expressed…
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Book Review: Rivals by Dr Saad Shafqat
Omar Ali’s review, first written for India Today, of Saad Shafqat’s novel Rivals, about Karachi doctors competing for a department chairmanship. He finds it a fun read that avoids poverty…
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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.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,919 comments
