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Kanha Shanti Vanam
After a visit to Kanha Shanti Vanam, the Heartfulness Institute’s global headquarters near Hyderabad, X.T.M reflects as a Bahá’í on how its meditation practice and gardens echo the Bahá’í principles…
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How Indra Nooyi’s successful leadership shatters patriarchal myths in Pakistan
Answering a commenter who called women in the boardroom a sinister ploy, X.T.M argues that Indra Nooyi’s PepsiCo record, including 80 per cent revenue growth, undermines patriarchal myths about women’s…
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Blasphemy Laws and Blasphemy Killings in Pakistan
Omar Ali reposts his 2015 essay, revised in 2021, on Pakistan’s blasphemy laws after two recent cases in which police killed accused blasphemers in custody, and argues that the state…
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The Battle for the Taj Mahal & India’s Sacred Lands: Waqf Boards Under Fire
X.T.M explains India’s waqf properties, about 900,000 holdings across 2.3 million acres, and the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, which proposes around 40 changes including non-Muslim and women members on boards…
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The Gut-Brain Detox: Preparing for 40 with Ozone Therapy in Chennai
Ahead of turning 40, X.T.M describes ozone-bath and detox therapies at a Chennai wellness centre, inspired by Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint, and a doctor’s point that stress is the missing link…
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The Italian of the East: Is It Language or Music?
X.T.M explains why Telugu was called ‘the Italian of the East’ by Niccolò de’ Conti, citing vowel endings, vowel harmony and verb flexibility, and jokes about Usha Vance and Kamala…
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The Power of the ancient Indian Story
Prompted by William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road, X.T.M argues that India’s role in ancient global exchange is underrated, pointing to Pallava-era Mamallapuram, Angkor Wat and Borobudur as places where Indian…
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Capsule Review: To Raise a Fallen People
Omar Ali recommends Rahul Sagar’s anthology of late-19th-century Indian writings on world affairs for its selections, not its editorial frame, which he says adds nothing. He singles out Anandibai Joshi’s…
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Demographic Destiny: Power and Identity in India
X.T.M surveys how demography shapes talk of destiny and identity in India, from the Hindi belt’s ‘cradle race’ to long-run shifts in the Hindu share of the subcontinent’s population, which…
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Anandibai Joshi goes to America-1883
Omar Ali posts an extract from Anandibai Joshi’s 1883 speech explaining why she is going to America to study medicine, taken from the anthology To Raise a Fallen People, and…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,919 comments
