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Iran and Pakistan Are Not the Same Kind of State
X.T.M argues that Iran cannot be analysed like Pakistan because it is a civilisation-state some three thousand years old. He says authority there rests on inherited ideas, from monarchy to…
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Why is the Pakistani consumer so poor?
Bombay Badshah notes that India’s GDP is about 11 times Pakistan’s, yet its cricket revenue, league rights and forex reserves are many times larger. He suggests Pakistan’s oversized military distorts…
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Listening to Iran
X.T.M reports what he heard from people in Iran: severe economic strain, worst in provincial towns, with no wide appetite for monarchy. He argues that China cannot absorb partners’ failures…
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Tamil Islam Is Not a North Indian Story
X.T.M argues that a Tamil Muslim politician waving an LTTE flag is unremarkable, because Islam reached South India through trade and Tamilness outweighs religion. He says North Indian assumptions wrongly…
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Report on Op-Sindoor
Nachiketa posts an extract from a report on Operation Sindoor concluding that India achieved air superiority by 10 May 2025, while Pakistan won the information contest. His own summary is…
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Borderline Bloodpressure
X.T.M describes borderline high blood pressure and a raised resting heart rate at 41, a nosebleed and his usual January check-up in India. He argues that health must become a…
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Why It Is Still Acceptable to Insult India
A chance encounter in Cambridge exposes how casually India remains a socially acceptable target of disdain in Western conversation—revealing the link between microaggression, diasporic self-erasure, and the discomfort provoked by…
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Is Hinduism Pagan ?
The author asks whether Hinduism is Pagan. He argues that it is not under the historical, pejorative meaning, but that the Atman doctrine fits the broader neo-pagan sense, viewing Brahman…
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F*ck Your Algorithm, My People Are Still Colonised
X.T.M argues that a Google Gemini summary on French West Africa repeats colonial language, framing Islam as an obstacle to a civilising mission. He calls this Islamophobia by default and…
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Pakistan, the deciding hinge between the West & CRINK
X.T.M argues that Pakistan is one of the most dextrous middle powers, sitting at the hinge between the West and the China-Russia-Iran bloc. He says its position, professional military and…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
Sunday, 8 November 2026Since December 2010 · 4,170 posts · 93,920 comments
