Society, caste and identity
Caste, ethnicity, gender, family and community.
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Caste, Civilisation, and the Courage to Own It
A short personal reply arguing that the author sees nothing wrong with Akhand Bharat or a broader Dharmic civilisation, that questioning caste identities should not be taboo, and that he…
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the highest signal comment of the last 48 hours
Promotes a long-standing commenter’s reply as the best of the last 48 hours: that Pakistani elites misread India by generalising from its north-west, that South Indians care little about Pakistan,…
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Caste, Aurangzeb, and the Price of Belonging
In four notes the author rejects chasing past voices, warns of a Saffronite echo chamber, argues that avoiding talk of caste preserves privilege, and says Aurangzeb is not a hill…
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War of the Aryans
A very short comment, prompted by sbarrkum’s writing on Dravidians, Dalits and Aryans, which the poster says he will expand on later.
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Pakistan’s Inner Logic
The author argues that Pakistan is feudal and class-bound, that caste persists though denied, and that the postcolonial state never had a leftist rupture. He suggests Pakistanis seem happier because…
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Hijab: Between Revelation and Regulation
The author argues that the Qur’an never commands a garment called hijab, using the word for a barrier or curtain, and that it offers a theology of modesty, not a…
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Caste in America
The author argues that Brahmins are the civilisational custodians of the subcontinent and that anti-Brahmin undercurrents in some Dalit-justice coalitions risk cultural erasure, while supporting Dalit rights. He also revisits…
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Enough with the
Kabir says he is not inventing victimhood but calling out anti-Pakistan and anti-Muslim bias among BP’s commenters, and asks why no Indian Muslims comment here.
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Vantara, Caste, and the Fragile Commons
The author defends Anant Ambani’s Vantara wildlife refuge as a possible expression of Indian civilisational ethos, and argues that caste, also present in Pakistan, must be openly examined on Brown…
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Caste and the Structure of Discourse
The author argues that Dharmic South Asian discourse follows an upper-caste template, and that intermarriage does not erase hierarchy but can co-opt talented outsiders, as Ashkenazi–Sephardic marriage has not removed…
