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The Indian migration to Southeast Asia
Razib Khan quotes a paper reporting ancient DNA from early Funan in Cambodia with 40 to 50 percent South Asian ancestry, and adds that genetics now shows Indian cultural influence…
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Farewell, Houston
A doctor recalls arriving in Houston in 2017 to pursue medical training, the people and places that shaped his years in the city, the move to Galveston for residency, and…
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Noah Smith on the Sri Lankan crisis
A textbook currency crisis, triggered by a bunch of policy mistakes.
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Open Thread – 07/11/2022 – Brown Pundits
What’s going on?
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The Toda are different
Razib Khan notes that a new paper on Southwest Indian genetics highlights the Toda, who have hardly any steppe ancestry and less ASI ancestry than tribal neighbours, with the balance…
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Global 25 is good, but a minor issue
Razib Khan challenges a Global 25 map of South Asian ancestry, arguing that it wrongly gives Andamanese-related ancestry to northeastern groups such as the Khasi, whom his f3 tests show…
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On being an “upper caste” “Muslim”
Razib Khan reflects on being called an ‘upper-caste Muslim’, arguing that although his ancestry may be largely Kayastha and Brahmin, caste is irrelevant to his family’s identity as generic Bengali…
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Khalid Baig on Indian Nationalism and Islam
In a BP Podcast, Gaurav talks to Khalid Baig, described as an Indian nationalist, about Indian nationalism, Hindu-Muslim relations, Hindutva and India’s future; Baig also co-hosts the YouTube show India…
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If you have a hammer, everything is a nail
Answering the Indian and Indian American Left’s reaction to his caste piece, Razib Khan argues that leftists and Hindu nationalists share deep identitarian presuppositions, rejects the label ‘upper-caste Muslim’, and…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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