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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…
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Rest in Peace Henry N.
A short note, headed in memory of Henry N., on the kirpan and its legality in the West.
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Open Thread: BP Survey
The opening post of the 2026 reader survey: nineteen anonymous questions, about five minutes. Later updates collect reading recommendations and links from the comment thread.
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The Pakistani Voice That Isn’t in the Room
X.T.M relays BB’s observation that Pakistan’s case at BP is argued almost wholly by people abroad, while India is argued by residents. The note argues the case is untested rather…
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The invisibility of caste in Pakistan
Bombay Badshah rebuts Kabir on caste, arguing that Indian commenters have not needed to leave home to be educated as Pakistani ones did, that India outperforms Pakistan, and that caste…
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Bin Qasim’s Thousand-Year Wound
X.T.M argues that India and Pakistan face a fault line over a thousand years old, dating to Muhammad bin Qasim’s landing in Sindh in 711. Each side now speaks only…
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On Bigotry
RecoveringNewsJunkie quotes comments about Hindus and Indians and objects that BP platforms hatred and false-flag claims about the Pahalgam attack, calling it an abuse of free speech.
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Open thread
An open thread opening with the 24 May 2026 vehicle bombing in Quetta, claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army, which killed at least 24, and the writer’s criticism of how…
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Holy Week Devotional for Zá
A brief note that the third Devotional has been held and is catching on, with many friends from India.
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The Crescent has a sharp edge
Context in BP is cumulative, this is a small community with a very long memory, and we remember who did what first. We moderate by nunchi, not by formula.
