Short note and link
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The Hindufication of the Indian Bahá’í Community
X.T.M notes that a Bahá’í prayer performed in Mumbai for the 2017 bicentenary was in Shuddh Hindi, and wonders whether that translation came from Urdu, Perso-Arabic sources or English, since…
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Thoughts on the 5 Point Plan?
X.T.M quotes the Cockroach Janta Party’s five-point plan, from barring Chief Justices from Rajya Sabha seats to a 20-year ban on defectors, and strongly disagrees with the defection ban but…
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Best of Bharat
X.T.M ends a Delhi trip at a Para athletes event and the Lotus Temple, and reads the visit as showing what a soft but strong Indian superpower looks like.
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When in Bharat
A one-line note from Delhi: the writer did not know what jamun was and has now eaten it twice in a single morning.
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Why Sri Lanka keeps missing its maritime moment
A reproduced news-report extract, source not named, on why Sri Lanka, despite sitting on busy shipping lanes, remains largely a transhipment hub, with over 80 per cent of cargo moved…
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Open Thread: AfPak – Cocktail 2
A brief note passing on an amusing reader comment about propping up Afghanistan as China does Pakistan, with a plan to watch something in a few hours.
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Open Trade: Peace Deal Reached
A one-line note on the oil price falling after Pakistan announced a US-Iran deal, asking who won, lost or drew, with peace reached on Trump’s 80th birthday.
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Hindu-Muslim violence is changing
X.T.M shares Christophe Jaffrelot’s summary of a journal special issue arguing that anti-Muslim violence in India has shifted from riots used to win votes to lynchings and bulldozers under a…
