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India’s Guest. America’s Kill.
X.T.M argues that the US submarine sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, days after it left India’s MILAN fleet review as a guest, shows the cost of Modi’s diplomacy.…
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2026 Iran War and the Gulf
Sbarrkum argues that Gulf states do not attack Iran because they are vulnerable: they host US bases, their oil and gas infrastructure is exposed, and some face restive Shia populations.…
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Modi Puts India Firmly in the Israel-US Camp
X.T.M cites journalist Bharat Bhushan’s view in Deccan Herald that Modi’s support for Israel and silence on the US-Israeli strikes on Iran put India firmly in the US-Israeli camp and…
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On Whose Side Is God?
X.T.M argues that planners of the Iran war misread Shia Islam, which honours death with dignity. He says killing Khamenei hands the system a martyr, and that the Pahlavist, secular-liberal…
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Allama Iqbal’s Dream Fulfilled; West Pakistan Defends India Against the Barbarians..
Omar Ali proposes that Iqbal’s 1930 idea of a northwest Muslim state defending India from invaders has proved partly right, with Pakistan a buffer against the Middle East. He argues…
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Zahak versus Husayni
X.T.M reads Reza Pahlavi’s statement on Khamenei’s death through the Shahnameh’s Zahhak against the Husayni archetype. He weighs contested data on Iranian religiosity and asks who Iran is, with the…
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Open Thread: Israel Strikes Iran
Open Thread on the Israel strike on Iran: Tehran bombed, 12 or more Shia protesters killed at the US consulate in Karachi, and Shia mourning in Kargil and Kashmir after…
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Open Thread – “Open War” breaks out between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Open Thread on open war between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar followed Taliban attacks on border posts on the Durand Line, with the question of where…
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Kleptocratic Pakistan versus Oligarchic India
X.T.M examines whether “kleptocracy” fairly describes Pakistan, after Kabir objected to the word. He documents military business holdings and concedes that institutional capture may be a better label, while arguing…
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Open Thread: Who Would Be India’s Best Prime Minister, And Why?
Open Thread asking who has been India’s best prime minister among the 14, judged on criteria such as economic stewardship, institutional integrity and crisis management, with a fact sheet on…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
