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J.E.M (Jeff, Elon & Mark); The Billionaire Glow-Up
Argues that extreme wealth reshapes identity, masculinity and racial presentation, citing Chamath Palihapitiya, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg as examples of a “billionaire glow-up”. The author claims styling, media control and…
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A Brown Pundit visits the Mahakumbh
In this BrownCast episode, KJ describes his dip at the Triveni Sangam during the Mahakumbh in conversation with Dr Omar Ali and Maneesh. They also cover his travels through Lucknow…
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Baloch, Aboriginal, and Beyond: Tracing Forgotten Lineages & Evolving Identities
Prompted by a family-history article by Sabah Rind, the author traces a Baloch-Aboriginal-Malay lineage as a product of Indian Ocean migration and trade. He argues ancestry is more layered than…
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Speculative Writings in a busy Quarter
An update on a busy quarter split between Asia, the UK and the US, pointing to two speculative pieces the author shared on his newsletter, one on J.D. Vance and…
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H/acc — Towards a Hindu Reading of Accelerationism
A long essay, first published in March 2023, offering a Hindu reading of accelerationism. It treats technocapital and AI as an inhuman process, draws on Nick Land, invokes Narasimha, and…
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Trump Goes Big in the Middle East
Steel-mans Trump’s proposal, announced with Netanyahu, for the US to take over and rebuild Gaza while Palestinians move elsewhere, then lists what could go wrong. These include Palestinian refusal to…
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Browncast: Vishal Ganesan; The Hindu Case Against Hinduism?
Hosts Amey and Dr Omar Ali talk with lawyer Vishal Ganesan about his essay on Frontier Dharma and what being Hindu means in the diaspora. He argues that mainstream media…
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Swastika: Good Fortune? or Nazi Hate Symbol?
Omar Ali shares an Amish Tripathi video on the swastika and opens a discussion on how pro-Hindu influencers address the question, and whether that approach could be improved.
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Capsule Review: The World. A Family History of Humanity
A capsule review of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The World, praised as a huge, fun book of anecdotes from ancient Egypt to the Kennedys that works well in audio. The reviewer…
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Gana Sangha and Rajatantra in Ancient Bharat
Script for a video tracing the contest between gana-sangha republics and monarchy in ancient India, from Magadha’s conquest of the Licchavi-led Vajji confederacy to the Gupta alliance with the Licchavis.…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
