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Netanyahu Depicts Grim Economic Future for Israel, Need to Become an Autarky, “Super Sparta” Due to Isolation; Are There More Meanings?
Excerpts and comment on Netanyahu’s speech warning that Israel may need to become a self-sufficient ‘super Sparta’ as it grows more isolated.
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🗓️ One Year Ago Today: The Taj Mahal, Sacred Lands, and the Power of Timing
Open thread for 17 September 2025. X.T.M announces a pause on one commenter’s participation over what he calls inconsistent standards on India, Pakistan and Israel, and revisits his 2024 post…
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Threads, Carpets, and PM Modi’s 75th
X.T.M reflects on celebrity birthday messages for Narendra Modi’s 75th, reads the Khans’ contrasting Hindu cultural idioms, and describes his work on Hindu sacred art, carpets and Ardhanarishvara iconography. He…
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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.
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,922 comments
