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China: A Book and a TV serial..
Omar Ali gives short verdicts on Edward Rutherfurd’s novel China, a well-researched and fun read that fills in social detail, and on the 87-episode drama Ruyi’s Royal Love in the…
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How Indians view themselves vs. how Westerners view Indians
Razib Khan comments on a headline about dark-skinned Indian-origin actresses in Bridgerton, saying casting will not change subcontinental norms but offers a window into aesthetic standards and the assumption that…
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Open Thread – 4/1/2022 – Brown Pundits
Open thread, 1 April 2022. Razib Khan opens by previewing a podcast with Francis Young on Baltic paganism, noting how closely living Lithuanian pagan practice resembles Vedic religion and what…
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Imran Khan Phenomenon; My Prediction in 2011
Omar Ali reposts his 2011 profile of Imran Khan, written for 3 Quarks Daily, and says it was not far wrong. It describes Khan’s early struggle to turn cricketing fame…
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Gujurati genetics
Razib Khan shares quick observations from sample data on Gujarati groups, including Bohra, Brahmin, Lohana, Patel, Vania and Solanki samples, and where each sits on the north-to-south ancestry gradient.
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Browncast: Is Imran Khan on the Way Out?
Omar Ali talks with Ambassador Kamran Shafi and Dr Mohammed Taqi about Pakistan’s political crisis, and why and how the military may have abandoned Imran Khan, exposing him to a…
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Episode 7: South of India from 200 BC to 500 AD
Maneesh talks with Jay and Shrikanth in the History of India series, which crosses the Vindhyas into the Deccan, about South India from 200 BC to 500 AD, with long…
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Brown Growl
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Kashmir Files : Short Review
Nachiketa gives a hurried short review of The Kashmir Files, finding it more effective than he expected: the loud direction suits its aim, the violence is not overdone and the…
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The southwestern groups in the Indian subcontinent are enriched for “Middle Eastern” ancestry
Razib Khan quotes a study of 213 people from India’s south-west coast groups showing enrichment for Middle Eastern ancestry, and offers two explanations: an early Iranian-related movement after the Indus…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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