Open Thread– June 21

June 21, 2025July 10, 2025KabirBrown PunditsAwadh, Begum Wilayat Mahal, Cultural exile, Hindutva, historical memory, Indian History, Indian politics, New York politics, Open Thead, Open Thread, Scroll Adda, Secularism in India, South Asian diaspora, Zohran Mamdani

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Three links I found interesting:

Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’

Can Zohran Mamdani, the first South Asian to run to be New York mayor, pull off an upset?

‘The House of Awadh’: The exile and echoes of Begum Wilayat Mahal, the queen of nowhere

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Kabir

I am Pakistani-American. I am a Hindustani classical vocalist and ethnomusicologist. I hold a B.A from George Washington University (Dramatic Literature, Western Music) and an M.Mus (Ethnomusicology) from SOAS, University of London. My dissertation “A New Explanation for the Decline of Hindustani Music in Pakistan” has recently been published by Aks Publications (Lahore 2024). Samples of my singing can be heard on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Le1RnQQJUeKkkXj5UCKfB View all posts by Kabir

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Kabir

27 days ago

Another interesting link:
“Iran Israel War |West Asia in Crisis: What Happens to India?|Central Hall”
Kapil Sibal in conversation with Shivshankar Menon, Talmiz Ahmad and Vivek Katju
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_4CB_z6tes

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X.T.M

27 days ago

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I’m travelling so have been a bit out of it

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Kabir

25 days ago

An interesting review of Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia–the debut book of Sam Dalrymple (son of William)

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/shattered-lands-how-doha-and-dubai-nearly-joined-india-or-pakistan-1947

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Kabir

24 days ago

“Socialist Zohran Mamdani could be New York’s next mayor. This is what the western left could learn from him” by Owen Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/23/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-socialist-western-left-learn-much-playbook

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Kabir

23 days ago

Zohran Mamdani leads in the mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/24/new-york-mayoral-primary-results

a Muslim Democratic Socialist could become NYC Mayor–only in America!