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Fear of a Bihari nation
A note on diverging fertility in neighbouring regions: Bihar at about 3.0 against West Bengal at 1.6, suggesting West Bengal’s earlier population growth reflected the arrival of Hindus from East…
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Is track and field more popular in South India?
A one-line question prompted by an embedded tweet: whether track and field is more popular in South India, given the athletes pictured are from Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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Jatitva: When Caste Becomes a Cancer
The author argues that caste politics is the most corrosive element in Indian democracy today and coins ‘Jatitva’ for the idea that the state should serve one’s caste, a counterpart…
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Sri Lanka Genetics
A note quoting a study on the population history of Sinhalese, which finds excess sharing with Marathas and so supports a western Indian rather than eastern Indian origin for the…
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Female labor force participation in India
Reacting to a Wall Street Journal piece, the author argues that India’s low female workforce participation of 24% contrasts with Bangladesh’s textile-driven 38%, and compares the effect of young women’s…
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Open Thread – 08/11/2023 – Brown Pundits
Most of India is below replacement TFR.
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Abrahamic Mysticism
Hamid Hussain introduces the mystical traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, arguing that they share foundations in common prophets and Greek metaphysics, and that mystics of the three faiths often…
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Iranic if by Land, Indic if by Sea – Explorations in R1a
Using YFull data on Y-DNA branch dates, the author argues that R1a-Z93 lineages in India formed around 2100-1800 BCE, consistent with a steppe clan moving into South Asia, beyond the…
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Aurangzeb’s daughter
Posted by Peter Nemetz.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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