Politics and public life
Elections, parties, leaders, courts, law, ideologies and free speech.
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Society
Democracy against Brahmins
A post on California’s debate over affirmative action and Asian Americans, linking it to Tamil Nadu’s 69 per cent reservation policy and the history of Brahmins there, with extracts from…
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Politics
The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh
An American reporter’s account of Uttar Pradesh’s pivotal role in Election 2014, with the poster predicting the Muslim vote will favour the AAP in cities and the BSP in villages,…
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Politics
“I have been too comfortable”
A report on Hong Kong’s democracy activists, with the poster arguing that imposing democracy from above is hard but an imperfect democracy beats autocracy, and that many Indian elites prefer…
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Culture
Traitor
Extracts from Kamila Shamsie in her own words on the unease the Union Jack brought her while writing a novel of the Raj, a feeling she says concerns Pakistan more…
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Geopolitics
Ceasefire alert!!
A report that the Pakistani Taliban will observe a one-month ceasefire, with the poster crediting Nawaz Sharif’s shrewdness for wrong-footing Imran Khan and the clerics, while calling congratulations premature.
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Diaspora
Dr David
A report on the NRA’s opposition to Dr Vivek Murthy as US Surgeon General, with the poster’s satire on immigrants taking guns as well as jobs.
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Idolatry runs wild
A report on posters portraying Chief Minister Jayalalithaa as Goddess Lakshmi, which the poster contrasts with the Dravidian movement’s history of breaking Ganesha idols.
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Society
Appeal for personal law reform…in Pakistan
A report on a Christian man’s challenge in the Lahore High Court to the 1869 Divorce Act, with the poster blaming faux liberals and conservatives alike and colonial legacies.
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Politics
Fight to the bitter end
A report on a clash at a British Parliament meeting titled on Narendra Modi and Hindu fascism, with the poster arguing the US visa question may help Modi more than…
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Politics
The americans are keeping (a careful) watch
A report on a Pew survey of Indian voters, with the poster asking why Americans poll India on election eve and what it says about US readiness to align with…