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India at a Crossroads: Superpower or Spectator?
Argues that the unipolar moment is over and five great powers now compete, each with its own grand strategy, so India must decide whether to shape this order or watch.…
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The Mirage of Exoticism & The Curse of the Almighty Dollar
Argues that places easily digestible to Western tourists lose their character fastest, and that the Persianate world feels more distinct than Japan. The author says India’s chaos shields it, while…
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“I’m not white, I’m Pakistani.”
Comments on a viral clip of a woman saying she is Pakistani, not white. The author reads it as showing how assimilated Muslims are in the English-speaking world, and argues…
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Yalta vs. Helsinki – Sir Alex Younger and the New Global Intelligence Order
Summarises a video by former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger, who argues that the world is contested between a Yalta model of great-power spheres of influence and a Helsinki model…
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Modi’s Sufi Gambit: Is Hindu India the True Heir to Urdu Culture?
Argues that Modi’s patronage of the Jahan-e-Khusrau festival may position Hindu-defined India as Urdu culture’s heir, modernising it as the Pahlavis did Persian. The author sees this as a strategic…
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Greco-Roman Perceptions of the Iranic Peoples (And India): A Cross-Cultural Breakdown
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Was Madhya Pradesh Designed to Dilute Muslim Concentration?
X.T.M floats the theory that Madhya Pradesh was shaped after Partition to dilute the demographic and political weight of its Muslim populations, and asks whether the same logic applies across…
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The Hidden Migrations of Bahá’ís in Northern Iran: Ayyám-i-Há Reflections
Starting from a conversation with a Bahá’í friend born in Gonbad-e-Qabus, X.T.M traces how Bahá’í families from Sangesar in Semnan Province migrated north, a story of adaptation and survival under…
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How precision farming in Rajasthan’s desert is turning farmers into millionaires
An opening excerpt from a reported feature on polyhouse farming near Jaipur, where protected farming yields far more with less water. The text does not name the publication, and the…
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Obituary: Major Agha Humayun Amin
An obituary of Major (retd) Agha Humayun Amin, who died in Lahore aged about 64. It remembers him as Pakistan’s premier military historian, a stickler for accuracy with salty opinions,…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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