September 2025
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The Honey Trap of the Ummah:
X.T.M argues that a dispute with commenters exposes the fault lines in the India–Pakistan–Muslim triad. He contends that Indian minorities have accepted an unspoken compact of living within an increasingly…
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📊 Brown Pundits Hits 63,094 Visits in August (+156% Surge)
Open thread marking 63,094 site visits in August. Topics include a commenter’s tone, Indian media reaction to the India–Pakistan cricket match, viral social media items, and whether Buddhism’s decline in…
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When the Commentariat lies
X.T.M updates an earlier post after suspecting a new commenter is a banned one under another name, apologises to a regular he thinks was provoked in bad faith, and says…
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The Pakistani Inferiority Complex
X.T.M argues that Pakistan’s elite is marked by an inferiority complex towards Arab, Turkish, Persian and Afghan Muslims, which he links to the country’s low human development and its anxieties…
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Pakistan’s Extraordinary Diplomacy
X.T.M argues that Pakistan, though feudal, fragile and low in human development, has shown near-perfect tactical diplomacy since the Pahalgam conflict. He rejects the US–Mexico analogy for India–Pakistan, doubts a…
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Charlie Kirk open thread
An open thread with two opening topics, Charlie Kirk and Nepal, and thanks to Indosaurus and sbakkarum for their posts in the meantime.
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Nepal Newar and Sinhala Quasi-Historical Myths
Sbarr Kumarakulasinghe summarises Naomi Appleton’s article on the Simhala story, which Sinhalese chroniclers, Nepal’s Newar traders and Jaffna Tamils each claim as an origin myth, and adds a note on…
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Meltdown Bhāṣya: Verse 1.1.1 (Part 1.2)
Part 1.2 of the Meltdown Bhāṣya commentary on verse 1.1.1 sketches a history of capitalism, commoditisation and production, tracing how Nick Land’s idea of a technocapital singularity draws on Deleuze…
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Trump Has Birthed Eurasia
X.T.M argues that Donald Trump’s treatment of India has pushed Narendra Modi towards the SCO summit alongside Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, and reads the occasion as the start of…
