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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

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  • Parsis, DNA and steppe incursions

    Indosaurus announces his long-promised article on Parsi matrilineal DNA and steppe ancestry, published on his Substack, and hopes Zoroastrians and Hindus can reclaim the name Aryan from racists.

    Indosaurus3 September 202694 comments
  • Racial curve fitting analysis

    Indosaurus questions the popular claim that Arab culture explains Arab military defeats, noting that the same traits appear in Japanese corporate life and that Houthis and Hezbollah have outperformed. He…

    Indosaurus23 September 202671 comments
  • A tale of two cities

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In our age of internet echo chambers, this immortal line has new meaning, not of privilege and poverty…

    Indosaurus24 October 202670 comments
  • Liberal college bastions are taking body blows

    Indosaurus recounts the reported plagiarism affair around Cambridge professor Jason Arday, compares it with Claudine Gay’s ousting at Harvard, and asks whether Indians and Pakistanis back progressive causes abroad yet…

  • Not yet a requiem for the Deities of rural India

    Indosaurus argues that folk Hinduism, practised mainly by lower castes and centred on sacrifice and possession, is more exposed than its scriptural form to conversion, Sanskritisation and urbanisation, and fears…

    Indosaurus14 August 202658 comments
  • For Gandhiji

    Indosaurus, once unconvinced of Gandhi’s importance, defends him against attacks from the liberal left, which Indosaurus argues lack context, and links a longer Substack defence of his most contested behaviour…

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