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America’s Brilliant Strategy in Afghanistan
Major Amin argues the US exit from Afghanistan is a brilliant strategic move that leaves the problem to Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran; the poster, uneasy at such cynicism, asks…
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Pocket Review: The Dharma Forest
A pocket review of Keerthik Sasidharan’s The Dharma Forest, first of a planned trilogy retelling the Mahabharata through nine characters. The reviewer admires its philosophical depth and modern-readable psychology, while…
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30 days? That’s an excuse to run consulate shredders — Kabul’s government won’t last the week
As the Taliban box in Kabul, the author argues that US intelligence timelines were absurd, that the fall of northern cities has ended illusions of an orderly withdrawal, and that…
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Is the Mesopotamian world for elephant ‘Dravidian’?
The author links a Nature paper arguing that the Mesopotamian word for ‘elephant’ points to a Dravidian language in the Indus Civilisation; he leans towards agreeing but finds the chain…
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What Happened to the Afghan Army?
Major A. H. Amin argues that critics of the Afghan National Army forget armies take centuries to build, holding that the traditional Afghan army was destroyed by a joint US-Pakistan…
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Hindutva, Asabiya and Apostacy
The author questions comparisons between Hindutva anger over beef-eating and Islamic takfir, arguing that Brahmanical orthodoxy mostly policed ritual purity rather than politics, but that apostasy-style memes could arise within…
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An IPL for field hockey ?
The author argues a sport’s popularity reflects identity and class more than its qualities, and that India could lift field hockey into a global sport with an IPL-style league built…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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