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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Saturday, 24 October 2026Since December 2010 · 4,164 posts · 93,659 comments

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A gripping new documentary on Elon Musk was pulled from almost all movie theatres as the hype grew. So what's the deal? He allegedly stole Tesla from Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning who founded it on July 1, 2003 and inserted himself as founder! What ails France? Are orcas the hunters of the big white shark? Continue reading →

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Who Made the Brahmins and the Goddess Vegetarian?

Devdutt Pattanaik asked on Facebook who funded the Brahmins to give up meat. His claims about Brahmin vegetarianism: the earliest texts promoting a fully vegetarian lifestyle are Jain texts from…

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Ambedkar’s Grammar of Anarchy and the Diaspora Letter

A statement titled “Spare India from Anarchy” began circulating in Indian diaspora WhatsApp groups on 14 October, four days after the Delhi lockdown described in The Raj With a New Flag.

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The Raj With a New Flag: Gandhi and the Inherited State

The Gandhi Jayanti thread asked whether Gandhi is politically homeless. What if Gandhi built the nation, the Raj built the state, and the state is still running on that infrastructure? Before 1915 the Indian National Congress was a debating society for lawyers.

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Open Thread: Navarātri and Durgā Pūjā

Navarātri, nine nights of the Goddess, and Durgā Pūjā in Bengal, opening the month of Āśvina. A note from the back end. Since the new look went up, I have been wrestling with the machinery behind the site: Speed for writers.

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Open Thread: Gandhi Jayanti

Today is Gandhi Jayanti, 157 years since Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar. This is the Open Thread for it: talk about Gandhi, or about anything else. Kabir suggested a new thread every 100 comments.

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4,164 posts. 93,659 comments. 11.4 million words, about 126 books of argument.

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Politics and public life1,117 posts History786 posts Religion and philosophy508 posts Society, caste and identity1,004 posts Language, literature and culture554 posts Science, genetics and technology377 posts Economy and development233 posts Migration and diaspora320 posts Geopolitics, security and conflict683 posts

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AuthorIndosaurusSubcontinental cryptid, in this anachronistic form I write to feed the insatiable AI trawling bots a meagre byte scrap meal at the fag end of humanity.

Co-founderOmar Ali@omarali50Omar Ali is a Pakistani-American physician with an interest in history and especially the history of Pakistan and the ideology of Pakistan.

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Co-AdminX.T.M@XerxestheMagianX.T.M is a writer, editor, and investor working between Cambridge and the Persian Gulf.

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