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The Muslim Districts That Hold West Bengal Up
The post accepts that West Bengal Hindus have a real grievance over demographic change, but argues the three Muslim-majority border districts of Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpur are the reason…
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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Comparing the 2020 and 2026 open-thread arguments over Mughlai food, the post says the debate is a ritual re-enactment of Partition, while diaspora restaurants, constrained by no pork, no beef…
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The Brahmins behind April’s Traffic
April 2026 traffic report: one 2019 post on Brahmin castes brings 16 per cent of organic traffic, readers come mainly from Canada, India and the US, and the authors read…
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India-Pakistan pop culture and future trends
The author argues that discussions of India-Pakistan pop culture miss the rise of Indian streaming platforms, whose shorter, less censored and more experimental shows now supply more memes than films…
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Open Thread: Pakistan’s Demons are The Daughters of God
Open thread opening on Pakistan’s diplomatic gains after Sindoor, including its role in a US-Iran memo, and on whether its real problem lies in its television dramas. It quotes commenter…
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Biggest takeaway of Assembly elections
Citing pollster Pradeep Gupta, the author says the biggest takeaway of the 2026 state elections is that pre-poll cash transfers to women did not save most incumbents, and adds Shekhar…
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The Hindification of East India
Bihar, Odisha, Assam, and now Bengal: the old Bengal Presidency votes as a single saffron block. A century after the bhadralok forced Curzon to reunite Bengal, their grandchildren have completed…
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the Shah and the Saint
Moderation notice: after a commenter’s jocular threat against another, the authors say the next sanction for BB, under any handle, is a 40-comment fine and a week without authorial and…
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The “Prakrisation” of Hindi
Reposting a commenter’s theory unedited, the authors present FlyeDie’s argument that Hindi is the Prakrit of the modern age, caught between English and the regional vernaculars, and may be displaced…
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You cannot be a leftist if you support fundamentally illiberal positions
The author argues that one cannot be a leftist while supporting dictatorships or unequal citizenship rights, naming military rule in Myanmar and Pakistan, Iran’s clerical state, and restrictions on women…
