January 2023
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Hindenburg vs. Adnani
A Wall Street Journal report on the Adani Group losing about $64 billion in value after the Hindenburg short-seller report, with excerpts from it and a remark that the author…
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The genetics of an Odisha Brahmin
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Open Thread, 1/27/2023, Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 27 January 2023: the host shares two Substack pieces on Chinese genetic history, contrasts China’s writing with India’s genetic variety, and mentions the tech startup GenRAIT he founded.
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Down with eggs?
Razib Khan asks whether there is a good nutritional case for BJP-aligned governments removing eggs from school meals, arguing that growing children need protein and fat, that India still has…
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Episode 18 – The Maratha Empire
In BrownCast episode 18, Prathamesh Godbole and Amit Paranjpe discuss the Maratha empire, from its origins as an Adilshahi jagir to the largest power in the subcontinent before the British,…
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Division
Razib Khan laments that South Asians keep stressing their differences, Indian against Pakistani, north against south, high caste against low, though they share common roots and outsiders see the kinship.…
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The Indian Overton: Opposition Offensives
The Emissary argues that India’s civilisational unity long predates its political unity, that Hindutva and development have strengthened it, and that the opposition, lacking a rival unifying ideology, risks denying…
