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India and the medal hunt in the olympics
No Medals For Brown Men.
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The Economic History of the American Empire
Tracing the United States from a rural republic in 1790 to the largest economy, the author argues that American power rests on commodity extraction, construction and manufacturing built up through…
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Open Thread – 08/04/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 4 August 2021, asking readers about a Twitter claim that ‘Indian American’ culture is basically Punjabi culture, and noting that podcasts go to patrons early.
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Electronic Surveillance; New Frontier
Hamid Hussain surveys state electronic surveillance, from the NSA’s PRISM and the Stuxnet attack to the Pegasus spyware sold by Israel’s NSO, arguing surveillance is now a settled part of…
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Afghan Snake Pit
Replying to a senior Pakistani officer, Hamid Hussain argues that US-Pakistan ties over the next year turn on Afghanistan: Washington wants Pakistan to restrain a Taliban takeover, while Pakistan insists…
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Antiblackness and British South Asians – some cultures are to be judged, but others are not
Responding to a first-person piece on anti-blackness in a Bengali family, the author accepts the prejudice is real but argues the family’s worries about single parenthood had substance, citing higher…
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Open Thread – 07/16/2021 – Brown Pundits
Open thread for 16 July 2021, noting that Akshar interviewed an Afghan official on the latest BP podcast and that the author appeared on Kushal Mehra’s show.
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Disinformation Feudalism
Comparing today’s America with the medieval Church’s monopoly over morality and information, the author argues that digital-age ideological power resembles a feudal order, and asks what the ‘resistance’ resists when…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
