Comments on: Open Thread – 08/11/2023 – Brown Pundits

By: Hoju

Hoju — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:21:42 +0000

got email saying post was approved but don’t see it here idk

reposting

Looks like Kerala has about 2.5 to 5 million migrant labourers, mostly involved in blue collar work and menial labour. They are mainly from Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Assam. They are drawn to higher wages; Kerala has some of the highest wages for this kind of work. They also appear to be drawn by relative communal harmony, relatively better schools for their children, and relatively better healthcare.

Good to see. Hopefully Kerala continues to generate work for migrants and more of them end up staying.

By: Saurav

Saurav — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:10:56 +0000

I go away for few days and it’s literally world war Dravida here

By: Hoju

Hoju — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 01:32:13 +0000

Good to see. Hopefully Kerala continues to generate work for migrants and more of them end up staying.

By: phyecho1

phyecho1 — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:27:05 +0000

It is amazing to make predictions and then to see all of that come out at once is hard to believe. “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”.

By: Raj

Raj — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 16:12:00 +0000

In reply to Razib khan.

Hi Razib have you checked out the Sinhalese DNA data from this paper, I’m very skeptical about the papers conclusions, I think the Maratha link, is a confusion from the mixed south-north Indian mix that both Sinhalese and Marathas have:

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)01874-6#figures

https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Reconstructing_the_population_history_of_Sinhalese_the_major_ethnic_group_in_r_La_k_/23975601

They should have done more comparisons with Bengali populations as well.

By: Narasingha Deva

Narasingha Deva — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 13:32:28 +0000

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-sees-lowest-august-rainfall-in-a-century-september-is-likely-to-be-normal-imd/article67255723.ece/amp/

India sees lowest August rainfall in a century; September is likely to be ‘normal’: IMD

By: sbarrkum

sbarrkum — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 03:00:29 +0000

As China is training more engineers and researchers than the U.S. and Europe combined, it will eventually take the technological lead in many fields. Other countries will have to either become more specialized or close their markets to imports from China.
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The US instead of upgrading secondary school skills took the path of importing engineers and researchers from other countries, specially poorer countries with free Uni education. China took the path of educating its own in Science and Technology, and it is paying off.

I suspect the top students in China are given an English education. The majority second tier technical people are educated in Mandarin, so they cannot be stolen (i.e. migrate to the west)

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/08/huawei-chips-demonstrate-the-perils-of-technology-protectionism-.html

By: Diraio

Diraio — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:49:50 +0000

In reply to DaThang. Yeah no real talk though where the hell is that?? It surely can't take this long for the aDNA to come through. So crucial. Razib use your power to ask those guys on what's up lol

By: J T

J T — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:24:23 +0000

Sad to see that this site is literally wasting away…..

By: brown

brown — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 06:56:29 +0000

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/aug/27/breakfast-scheme-in-tamil-nadu-parents-in-tiruppur-oppose-food-cooked-by-dalit-woman-2609065.html

oh! Periar