2022

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Browncast: Indic explorer on Hinduism, Dharma, etc

Mukunda and Omar talk with the anonymous Twitter account Indic Explorer about all things Indic, including how to define Hinduism, why it does not get the respect it deserves, and…

BrownCast · with Nachiketa24 February 20220 comments
Ferry From Talaimannar in SL to Rameshwaran, India

The author recalls the ferry from Talaimannar to Rameswaram that formed part of the Colombo-to-Madras rail link, and uses it to say that indentured tea-estate workers were brought across, denied…

sbarrkum22 February 20220 comments
Amana Begam Ansari on Muslims and Women in India

Maneesh Taneja talks to Amana Begam Ansari about being a Muslim woman in India, covering the state of affairs, challenges facing the Muslim community and the country, caste dynamics, and…

Maneesh Taneja19 February 20222 comments
Brownpundits is on YOUTUBE

Nachiketa announces that Brown Pundits is now on YouTube, with only the History series podcasts uploaded so far and vodcasts and popular podcasts to follow.

Nachiketa16 February 20220 comments
Browncast : Karnataka hijab issue

Nachiketa introduces a podcast on Karnataka’s hijab issue as worth having despite digressions. He argues that India’s portrayal in global media must be confronted, blaming Indian-origin interlocutors more than foreign…

BrownCast · with Nachiketa14 February 202235 comments
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…

Razib Khan12 February 202223 comments
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.

BP Admin Team · opened by Razib Khan12 February 202287 comments
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…

The Emissary10 February 202244 comments
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…

BrownCast · with Maneesh Taneja9 February 20226 comments
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…

Omar Ali7 February 202230 comments