History
Posts whose main purpose is to explain the past.
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India is the successor state of the Mughal Empire (and the various Sultanates)
The post argues the Republic of India is the successor state of the Mughal Empire: it holds about 70 per cent of the empire’s land, and its capitals, ruling core…
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Gurdaspur and Siliguri: The Two Necks That Held
The post argues that Pakistan opted out of the subcontinent, and that India kept both strategic ‘necks’, Gurdaspur and Siliguri, in 1947 and 1971, so claims that India is a…
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The 1000 Years Frame Erases 80% of India
Two of girmit’s sharpest comment-thread interventions: why the further application of the Two Nation Theory finds no liberal takers in India, and why the maximalist “1000 years of Islamic supremacy”…
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Two Colonisations, One Border: What the Data Actually Says About Bengal’s Post-1971 Demographic Story
X.T.M argues census data tell two stories of demographic change in eastern India: Bengali Hindus settled Tripura with state sanction, while Muslim growth in Assam and Bengal border districts is…
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Kabir, the Anchor of the Crescent
Without Kabir, the Crescent faction disperses. A South Asian forum without a sustained Crescent voice is a drawing room pretending to be a commons. Three rulings on Author autonomy, Founder…
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Men of State, and the Great Mahatma
X.T.M sets four house positions: Jinnah and Nehru were men of state, judged as builders of states; Gandhi was a man of Dharma, a different category; Ambedkar is a constitutional…
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Founder Sites and Institutional Sites: A Note on Sikh Sacred Geography
X.T.M announces an automatic fine for racialised language against Dravidian communities, then sets a framework for disputes over Sikh holy places. Founder sites such as Nankana Sahib lie in Pakistan,…
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The Iran That 1979 Erased: What If Khomeini Had Lost?
X.T.M runs a thought experiment on Iran had the 1979 revolution failed. Citing Central Bank of Iran figures on growth before and after, the post argues a constitutional transition could…
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Pakistanis = Indian Muslims With Sovereignty?
X.T.M argues that Pakistanis are in effect Indian Muslims who gained sovereignty, and asks what it cost. The post says Partition gave sovereignty to two-thirds of the pre-1947 Muslim population,…
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Open Thread; the endless Argument of the Archives
Open thread marking the backtagging of the site’s 3,987 posts into one navigable archive. X.T.M reviews what it shows: Partition as a living argument, the Persianate thread, the genetics trove…
