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On Editorial Authority and Trust
X.T.M explains that he has removed Kabir’s editorial and authorship rights after comments were hard-deleted and posts rearranged beyond what was agreed. He sets out the editorial reset, says January…
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Not All Our Ancestors Were “Just Hindu”
X.T.M rejects the claim in Aslan Pahari’s videos that Pakistanis’ pre-Islamic ancestors were uniformly Hindu. He argues the pre-8th-century Indus region was layered and regional, with Buddhists in Sindh, later…
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The Importance of Grace
X.T.M, noting that Kabir has resigned, argues that online forums need grace rather than agreement or deference. He says blunt voices should not be silenced and that BP must remain…
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India Has Sacred Land. Pakistan Has Sacred Purpose. The Comment Section Needs Neither.
X.T.M asks commenters to respect the rules, invites a fair-minded volunteer moderator and explains why BB was given authorship. He adds that India has sacred geography while Pakistan was founded…
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Epstein in Peshawar: Not a Financier, Not Just a Predator
X.T.M reads a 2013 Jeffrey Epstein email from Peshawar as a field report on tribal and official contacts and polio funding. He argues it shows Epstein as an access broker…
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On Breakup Fantasies and Basic Geopolitical Decency
X.T.M distinguishes criticising a state from fantasising about its breakup. He argues that states fracture when weak institutions meet sustained external pressure, cites 1971 and the Arab Spring, and says…
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Germany Is Rearming. Japan Is Shifting. And Desis Are Arguing Like Teenagers.
X.T.M defends editing crude comments, saying BP should allow sharp critique without sneering. He argues that Pakistan is fragile but not collapsing, since China will not let it fail, that…
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Bangladesh Election Open Thread
Bangladesh election open thread. The opening comment asks how the vote can be fair with the Awami League banned, compares it to Pakistan’s democracy with Imran Khan jailed, and calls…
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Pan-Sindhi Cross-Border Virality
X.T.M uses a viral Sindhi song to argue that Islam is native to Sindh after 13 centuries. He says Hindus stayed around 30 per cent while Buddhism vanished, because social…
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After the Begums: Bangladesh searches for a new order
X.T.M reposts Irfan Chowdhury’s Sapan News preview of Bangladesh’s 12 February election and referendum on the July Charter, with the Awami League banned and the BNP expected to win. The…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,923 comments
