June 2026
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Indus Water Treaty: What lies in the future?
The author sets out the main disputes over the Indus Waters Treaty now held in abeyance: dispute-resolution forums, water distribution and dam design. Argues Pakistan’s deeper problem is population growth,…
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The joy of watching Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Bombay Badshah celebrates the batting of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: his record-breaking Under-19 World Cup final 175, the IPL century for Rajasthan Royals at 14 and his call-up to India’s tours as…
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Open Trade: Peace Deal Reached
A one-line note on the oil price falling after Pakistan announced a US-Iran deal, asking who won, lost or drew, with peace reached on Trump’s 80th birthday.
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Is Kabir Right?
X.T.M tests Kabir’s claim that many Hindu-nationalist readers come to BP to litigate Pakistan and Muslims. The essay argues that blaming outsiders gives India a permanent excuse, since caste, corruption…
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The Patriarchy Survives Everything
Prompted by a heated thread on the Philippine birth rate, X.T.M rejects a commenter’s proposal to restrict women’s education and work as a cure for falling fertility, argues that falling…
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Open Thread: India, Israel, US & Iran
An open thread asking what has happened in the Middle East over the past six weeks, and whether India-US relations have become shakier.
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The Philippines Birth Rate Crash
The post reports that the Philippines’ fertility rate fell from 4.1 in 1993 to 1.7 in the 2025 survey, the steepest drop on record, and asks why anyone expected the…
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The End of Pre-colonial Modernity and it’s Present Implications
FlyDie argues that Raghunatha Siromani’s logic in the Bengal sultanate marked an early form of modernity in South Asia, and that colonial rule ended this indigenous trajectory with consequences today.…
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Open Thread – Brutal clampdown, protesters shot in Kashmir (Pak administered)
An open thread on protests and shootings of civilians in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, asking commenters to skip sovereignty disputes and discuss why such unrest recurs and why clampdowns follow.
