April 2023
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Cousin marriage in Bangladesh
Prompted by a Times argument to end cousin marriage in the UK, the author cites a PLOS One study of Bangladesh finding about 6.6% prevalence and three times higher mortality…
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Critical Caste Theory: A Dubious Discourse
An essay arguing that ‘Critical Caste Theory’, borrowed from Critical Race Theory, seeks to break the BJP’s caste coalition and attack ‘Brahminism’, which it sees as a term for Hinduism,…
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Episode 21: South India Post Vijayanagar Empire till 1857
Episode 21 of the BrownCast: Shrikanth tells Maneesh the history of South India after Vijayanagar up to 1857, covering the polities, their dealings with Europeans, and the socio-cultural legacy of…
