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Open Thread – 8/27/2024 – Brown Pundits
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Tibeto-Burman admixture into Bengalis
Razib Khan, looking at Tibetan genotypes for a Substack piece, says it is clear that the East Asian ancestry in Bengalis comes from Tibeto-Burman rather than Austro-Asiatic sources.
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Bangladesh podcast # 2 -Regime Change; The Fall of Sheikh Haseena and its Consequences
Razib Khan talks to two Bangladeshi expats active in pro-democracy campaigning, political scientist Shafiqur Rahman and economist and blogger Jyoti Rahman, about what is happening after the fall of Sheikh…
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Bangladesh podcast (a second one will be recorded in two days)
A short post for the first Bangladesh podcast, which Razib Khan says will also be on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, noting that a second episode will be recorded in two…
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Major Amin: How the British Ruled India (and the USA failed in Afg)
Major Amin argues that the East India Company conquered India with a mostly native army, similar weapons and superior strategy, diplomacy and naval power, and says the US could learn…
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A Conversation on World Cinema
The author recalls how a classmate who works in films led friends through non-English, non-Indian movies during lockdown, and shares a podcast in which they discuss some 15 to 20…
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Open Thread – 7/19/2024 – Brown Pundits
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Browncast: Major Amin on Current Events
Omar Ali talks with regular guest, military historian Major Agha Humayun Amin, but not about military history. They discuss the Trump assassination attempt, the war in Ukraine, Gaza, Pakistan and…
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Have the Ambanis jumped the shark?
X.T.M asks whether the Ambanis’ months-long wedding, with $250,000 watches for groomsmen, has gone too far, and wonders if such displays help explain the BJP’s weaker-than-expected election result, wishing the…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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