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What the world can do to help Palestine?
The author argues that foreign aid to Palestinians should be conditional on reforms building a market economy based on competence, so that Palestinians gain leverage to negotiate with Israel on…
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Afghanistan’s History
The author gathers proposed etymologies for Afghanistan’s name, from ‘Upa-Gana-stan’ to Panini’s Ashvakana, and repeats a linked article’s claims that Pashtuns descend from Vedic tribes and that Hindu rulers and…
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Geopolitics
Afghans march supporting the ANDSF against the Taliban across Afghanistan
Reporting mass chanting across Afghan cities in support of the ANDSF, the author presents it as an unprecedented popular stand against the Taliban and points readers to Davood Moradian’s argument…
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Geopolitics
Afghan National Army Lieutenant General Sami Sadat
A New York Times guest essay by Afghan National Army Lieutenant General Sami Sadat, reposted in full for readers behind the paywall, arguing that Afghan forces were betrayed; the poster…
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Politics
National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA)
Shares Kushal Mehra’s explanation of the NRC and CAA and asks readers to explain why they are controversial, since the poster does not understand the objections.
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Geopolitics
Council in Support of the Resistance of Herat
The poster reproduces the founding statement of the Council in Support of the Resistance of Herat, formed in Kabul on 9 August 2021, and adds an appeal that international military…
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Avtar Singh Khalsa: Lion of Afghanistan
The author profiles Avtar Singh Khalsa, a Sikh member of the Afghan Parliament who reaches out to the Taliban for peace, and quotes a report of a Herat peace meeting,…
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Politics
Why did so many BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) voted Tory?
Prompted by a Veedu Vidz podcast, the author asks why many British ethnic minority voters backed the Tories in 2019. He suggests Corbyn’s links to Islamist groups and a points-based…
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History
Jaydeepsinh Rathod on the historocity of Sanskriti
Jaydeepsinh Rathod, in comments promoted to a post, argues against a steppe origin for Indo-Aryan, citing the Indus civilisation’s demographic weight and the absence of other Indo-European branches, and that…
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Diaspora
How should we respond if someone says “mean mad asian man”?
The author asks whether Brown Pundits readers should respond to Michael Eric Dyson calling Jordan Peterson ‘a mean mad Asian man’, and argues that rising Asian wealth will bring more…
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Religion
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (a)?
The author recommends videos in which Tarek Fatah and others discuss how the Qur’an was compiled, and relays claims that Ali’s copy was presented to Uthman, that scholars fear to…
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Society
Male Misogyny
A reposted first-person article responding to the rape and murder of a child in Kathua, in which the writer describes her own experiences of abuse in India and argues that…
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Politics
Pakistani Psychosis
Sharing videos of Tarek Fatah, the author describes ‘Pakistani psychosis’ as a rejection of the older Hindu-influenced Islam of the region and an embrace of Arab Sunni Islamism, and argues…
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Brown Pundits
Razib Khan on The Cārvāka Podcast
Razib Khan talks to Kushal Mehra
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Society
How to avoid offending people?
Prompted by a video exchange between Sargon of Akkad and Saira Rao, the author asks how people can ask questions and exchange views without unexpectedly provoking anger and accusations of…
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Diaspora
Why do English nonmuslims treat English muslims so badly?
The author asks why non-Muslims in the UK treat British Muslims so badly, taking the story of Tania Joya, a Bengali British Muslim who divorced a senior Islamic State figure,…
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Politics
Expanding CAA
A working draft proposal to expand the Citizenship Amendment Act to cover specified persecuted Muslim groups, mainly Sufi, Shia, agnostic and ex-Muslims, from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, certified by a…
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Hinduttva
Watching a panel with Pavan Varma, Makarand Paranjape, David Frawley and Sadia Dehlvi, the author asks what Hindutva means, why liberals call such speakers extremists, and whether the real problem…
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Society
Is American culture sharply increasing crime?
The author argues the US is seeing its second-largest rise in crime, then uses California 2016 arrest data to compare ethnic groups, reporting that Asians are least likely to be…
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Politics
Post Modernist attack against muslims, darkies, India, America and the world
The author dismisses India’s 136th place in the World Press Freedom Index as a ‘post modernist hatchet job’, arguing that India protects Muslim speech better than Nordic hate-speech regimes and…
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Politics
Welcome back Mahathir Mohamad, Hero of Asia!
The author welcomes Mahathir Mohamad back as Malaysia’s prime minister, praising him as an elder statesman who made Malaysia rich and diverse, and presents the country as pro-business, pro-globalisation and…
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Geopolitics
Israelis love Indians and Indians love Israelis
The author argues that India is among the most pro-Jewish countries, that Israelis and Indians are natural friends, and proposes a pathway to Indian residency for Jews, while saying Israel…
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History
Nuanced understanding of British Colonialism
The author argues for a nuanced view of British colonialism, saying older Indians remembered the English with bittersweet nostalgia, that the Anglo community enriched India, and that it was a…
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Politics
Is Islamism a reaction to Colonialism?
A one-line question asking whether the global rise of Islamism since 1900 was a reaction to colonialism.
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Diaspora
Is it time for Asian Americans and Latino Americans to ask to be considered “white”?
The author argues Asian Americans outperform white Americans on many measures, fears a backlash like that faced by Jews, and asks whether Asian, Latino, Arab and Muslim Americans should seek…
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History
How the English should provide “soft power reparations” to India
The poster summarises a video’s takeaways: England should offer ‘soft power reparations’ such as memorials to Indian soldiers, not financial ones, and back ‘Swadeshi Indology’ against the Aryan invasion theory…
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Society
Why nonmuslims treat muslims so badly?
In an introductory post, anan proposes a series asking why non-Muslims treat Muslims so badly, citing a video on the UK’s treatment of British Muslims and Crown Prosecution Service figures…
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Politics
Delhi riots (a)
A follow-up to the Delhi riots post, setting out questions about which North-East Delhi neighbourhoods saw violence and how widespread it was, and speculating about who organised it given that…
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Society
Anti Jewish Bigotry
The author says he has seen more bigotry against Jewish people than any other group, uses an interview with a Nazi leader to argue Hitler’s hatred did not come from…
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Society
Why do nonmuslims treat atheist muslims so badly?
The author argues that non-Muslims treat atheist Muslims badly, calling them Islamophobes or bigots and doubting their knowledge of Islam, citing the experience of Stephanie Tessier in Canada, and continues…
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Religion
Why do nonmulims mistreat muslims so much?
Suggests non-Muslims mistreat Muslims largely because they do not understand Islam or Muslims, and proposes that everyone watch a Tarek Fatah video closely, praising its humour.
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Diaspora
Is it time for Asian Americans and Latino Americans to ask to be considered “white”? (a)
Part of a series on whether Asian and Latino Americans should seek to be considered white, this post cites a 2004 analysis that Asians needed about 140 more SAT points…
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Society
American Caste
The author contrasts scholar Daria Roithmayr’s view of America as having four castes, where inherited social capital drives outcomes, with Glenn Loury’s emphasis on class over caste, and suggests discussing…
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American Caste (b)
The author argues that America faces a national crisis in maths competence, citing 2018 PISA scores in which only 8 per cent of US students reached Level 5, against far…
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LV on Indira response
A Quora answer by Rahul Sinha explaining why Indira Gandhi declared the Emergency in 1975, covering suspended rights, press censorship and mass sterilisation, reproduced as a reply to a question.
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Society
Is it time for Asian Americans and Latino Americans to ask to be considered “white”? (d)
In the fourth part of a series on whether Asian and Latino Americans should seek to be counted as white, the author says a patronising ‘baizuo’ remark to a Middle…
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Society
Is it time for Asian Americans and Latino Americans to ask to be considered “white”? (c)
In a series on Asian and Latino Americans and whiteness, the author asks why some Western commentators brand Hong Kong protesters and Asians as white supremacists, and argues for responding…
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Politics
Post Modernism in India
A reader, froginthewell, answers why the BJP does little about alleged discrimination against Hindus, pointing to minority-affairs funding, namaz spaces and textbooks, and argues that politicians balance interest groups and…
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Politics
Husain Haqqani
A tweet from Husain Haqqani thanking the ISI for publicity for his book Reimagining Pakistan, with the poster asking if he is one of the best living Hindustani leaders.
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Geopolitics
Rwandan miracle–Asian Tiger of Africa
Asks whether Rwanda, the ‘Asian Tiger of Africa’, could lead those who are neither postmodernists nor Islamists, in a three-way division of the world.
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Brown Pundits
Aryan Toponyms in South Asia – I
Aryan Toponyms in South Asia – I Author: Milan
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Religion
Post Modernism (d)
Fourth in a series on postmodernism, the author speculates that some Westerners call mathematics racist out of fear it favours ‘brown’ cultures in a new AI economy, and relates maths…
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Culture
Intellectual Dark Web (a)
The author presents Russell Brand’s second conversation with Jordan Peterson as the second piece on the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’, reading it as a shared teaching and finding in it echoes…
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Society
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (g)?
In another instalment of his ‘Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly’ posts, the author argues that non-Muslim leaders and activists stay silent about persecuted Palestinian LGBTQ people, and challenges…
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Religion
Hinduttva (a)
A follow-up on the Hindutva debate presenting Kushal Mehra, who the author says follows the Charvaka school as a Hindu atheist, alongside a video the author is watching, and adding…
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History
Does Colonialism work? . . . metrics to evaluate colonialism
Replying to Zachary Latif, the author says colonialism should be judged case by case, and proposes weighted metrics: 90% the effect on the colonised mind and self-confidence, 9% the strengthening…
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History
Afghanistan’s History (a)
The author shares a Dari-Farsi documentary on Afghanistan’s history, valuing its ancient maps and narrator’s voice, and suggests a country with such a heritage may be stronger than commentators think.
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Happy Birthday VL!
A mock-epic birthday tribute to a Brown Pundits colleague, written in the language of Dharma and divine incarnation, in which a long search for harmony ends in a meeting that…
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Brown Pundits
“The response to everything is not love and light”
Can everyone share their opinion? Look forward to learning from all of you. 🙂
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Religion
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (c)?
Presenting a video of Shabbir Ally, the author sums up his claims that blasphemy and apostasy laws are un-Islamic and that the Qur’an is consistent with free speech, then agrees…
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Politics
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (b)?
The author argues that Canada’s Motion 103 against Islamophobia, in Tarek Fatah’s reading, could open the way to blasphemy and apostasy limits and endanger minority and liberal Muslims, including Sufis…
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History
Ancient Egyptian, Arya and Greek history part 2
The author continues a series on ancient history, finds Nilesh Oak’s hypotheses doubtful but his presentation a good summary of evidence that advanced civilisations existed in South Asia for over…
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Religion
Post Modernism
The poster introduces a long video conversation between Farhan Qureshi and a Hindu on Hinduism and postmodernism, arguing that Dharma’s open architecture is a truer realisation of postmodernism’s goals.
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Geopolitics
At U.S. Urging, Pakistan to Be Placed on Terrorism-Financing List – The New York Times
A New York Times link on Pakistan being placed on a terrorism-financing list, with the poster asking readers’ views and welcoming a shift in Saudi policy under Mohammed bin Salman.
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Politics
Why did so many BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) voted Tory? (a)
A follow-up on why many ethnic minority voters backed the Conservatives in 2019, asking how Pakistani, Bangladeshi and other British Muslims voted, and arguing that Asian and Latino Americans are…
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Economy
India Still Rising (c)
Citing economist Rathin Roy, the author discusses India’s long-term growth challenges, from regional inequality in taxes and spending to the middle-income trap, and argues that security and technology are the…
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Diaspora
Is it time for Asian Americans and Latino Americans to ask to be considered “white”? (b)
Continuing a series, the author argues that a ‘baizuo’ Western progressive elite lowers non-Western self-confidence and demonises dissenters, driving global resentment of Europe and America. He asks readers to vote…
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Religion
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (d)?
Following a Houston Muslim conference, the author argues that even conservative Muslim bodies now engage respectfully with atheist ex-Muslims, while non-Muslims have met them with anger and prejudice, giving the…
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Society
American Caste (a)
Defending his phrase ‘caucasian intelligentsia’, the author draws on Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali on the ‘white liberal’, and argues that postmodernism, a colonial tool, damages the self-confidence of Black…
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Culture
Matrix Movie Review
A short post saying the Wachowskis drew on the Ramayana, the Gita and Buddhism for The Matrix, with a recommended video commentator.
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Science
Where do humans come from?
A quoted extract on a study finding a second, separate pulse of Denisovan genes in modern populations, including British and Bengali people.
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Geopolitics
Open Letter to the Taliban
The author endorses Barnett Rubin’s open letter to the Taliban, links it to Pakistan’s placement on a terror-financing watch list, and invites readers to share the letter and discuss what…
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Religion
Intellectual Dark Web (b)
Responding to Eric Weinstein, the author argues that deep meditation may allow multidimensional maths and science, citing ancient sages, and that religion’s goal is to transcend all ‘theisms’ and seek…
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Society
Male mysogyny against woman of South Asian heritage
Asks whether rumours of an affair between UN ambassador Nikki Haley and President Trump amount to misogyny aimed at women of South Asian heritage, and what could be done about…
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Religion
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (e)?
Following a video of a Houston Muslim conference, the author argues many Muslims are respectful of atheist and ex-Muslims while many non-Muslims interviewed are hostile, and sees backing of extremists…
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Culture
Post Modernism (a)
The author recommends Stephen Hicks’s lecture tracing postmodernism from Kant, Nietzsche and Marx to the post-1956 crisis of the Left, and summarises what he sees as its inconsistencies on truth,…
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Economy
Neoliberalism
The author argues that neoliberal globalisation and AI favour people with physical health, mental health and intelligence, that Asia benefits, and asks whether science should now be used to make…
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Geopolitics
Welcome back Mahathir Mohamad, Hero of Asia! (a)
A follow-up on Mahathir Mohamad, noting Rishabh Gulat’s claim that he has shifted toward conservative Sunni Saudi and Pakistani positions against India, and asking whether Indian Malaysians and the global…
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Politics
India Still Rising (a)
The author argues India’s external affairs ministry has little institutional understanding of China, America or economics, lacks internal think tanks, and should hire experienced private-sector and expatriate Indians and draw…
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Post Modernism (b)
Prompted by a Joe Rogan clip, the author notes that few US high-school graduates meet military entry standards. He links declining physical health and ‘bullshit jobs’ to depression, and points…
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Economy
India Still Rising
The author shares former US ambassador David Mulford’s case that India is becoming a global superpower and that Modi may be its best prime minister, and predicts more billionaires than…
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Diaspora
Congratulations Sajid Javid!
The poster congratulates Sajid Javid on becoming Home Secretary, calling him a patriot of Pakistani ancestry, and asks why non-Muslims treat English Muslims so badly, pointing to a video of…
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History
Ancient Egyptian, Arya and Greek history
A short post arguing that almost everything we think we know about ancient history is wrong, that even the age of the Pyramids and Alexander’s birth are uncertain, and welcoming…
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Society
Brown Pundits Podcast with teacher Michelle Kerr
In a BP podcast, a UK college lecturer and Michelle Kerr, a maths teacher from California, compare their experiences of teaching through Covid-19, discussing pupils’ mental health, motivation, cancelled exams…
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Religion
Why do nonmuslims treat muslims so badly (f)?
Presenting a video of the Dalai Lama hosting Kashmiri Ladakhi Muslims, the author argues Tibetan, Kashmiri and Indian Muslims offer a model of harmony that Dharmic peoples should protect, and…
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Society
I now support quotas on (South) Asian Americans at elite universities (a)
A follow-up on why the poster now supports quotas on South Asian Americans at elite universities, summarising a video arguing Asians are under-represented relative to world population and discriminated against…
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Culture
Post Modernism (c)
A video post in which Camille Paglia, with Jordan Peterson nodding along, calls postmodernism a rejection of 1960s radicalism, India, Hinduism, consciousness and the body, asking readers about its psychological…
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Politics
India Still Rising (b)
A poll asking whether the Indian constitution should be amended to give full freedom of speech to all people.
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Religion
Hinduttva (b)
The fourth piece in a planned series previews an argument about why parts of global academia and media oppose Eastern philosophy and Swami Vivekananda while borrowing from it. It also…
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Society
Is American culture sharply increasing crime? (a)
Calling culture and crime a frightening subject, the author uses California school suspension figures by race to argue that Asian American students are suspended at a small fraction of other…
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Religion
Kailasha and Soma central to Arya culture?
The author tries to identify Mount Soma and Kailash in the Valmiki Ramayana as central to Arya culture, and reads mythic lineages, such as Ikshvaku’s and Illa’s, as possibly different…
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Society
Rising global caste and tribalism
The author points to a discussion between Amy Chua and Michael Shermer on rising global tribalism, which he equates with caste, and asks readers what drives it, suggesting postmodernism is…
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Brown Pundits
Welcome Home Malala!
Welcome Home Malala! We love you!
