February 2022
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The brown immigrant vs. the brown American
Razib Khan responds to a report on US colleges banning caste discrimination, arguing it flattens a recent Nepali immigrant’s experience into Indian American life, that US-raised Indian Americans may not…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits – 2/11/2022
Open thread, 11 February 2022. Razib Khan points readers to his podcast with roon on shape rotators and wordcels.
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The Dravidaryan Invasion Theory
The Emissary examines what he calls the Dravidaryan invasion theory, arguing that the Aryan-versus-Dravidian story is a half-truth shaped by politics, from Periyar’s movement to Hindutva’s claims of indigeneity, and…
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Browncast: Core Agenda and India as a Hindu State-In conversation with Arihant Pawariya.
Maneesh Taneja talks to Swarajya editor Arihant Pawariya about the right’s ‘core’ agenda and how the Indian state might behave as a Hindu state. Taneja concludes that the window for…
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Lata Mangeshkar 1929-2022. End of an era
Omar Ali marks the death of Lata Mangeshkar, calling her the queen of Indian playback singing for over fifty years, and quotes Ishtiaq Ahmed on how old Bollywood songs preserve…
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The Lavanya suicide and journalistic priorities
Nachiketa, calling it a rant, criticises a News Minute piece on a girl’s suicide for putting Hindutva’s spread and Christian forgiveness ahead of what actually happened to her, and says…
