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Cholistan: The Desert at the Edge of Everything
X.T.M portrays Cholistan as a seam rather than a border region: Gulf royalty hunt there, Seraiki is its language, and the dry Hakra river runs through its past. The post…
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Open Thread + A Note on Standards
Brown Pundits raises its moderation standard: considered thought only, on all sides, effective immediately.
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Dhurandhar, Politics of Bollywood & India Pakistan
Nachiketa answers X.T.M’s criticism of Dhurandhar. He sees the two parts as one seven-hour film, finds the villains humanised and the film not anti-Islam, and argues India need not fear…
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nos ancêtres les Hindous
X.T.M argues that when Hindu voices retreat from comment threads, the space turns anti-Hindu rather than neutral. The post defends Hindu civilisational continuity, rejects the claim that Hinduism is a…
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Open Thread
Open thread relaying four items from Formerly Brown: arrests near Myanmar, Tamil Nadu’s election, Kerala’s fronts, and 215 new women’s seats in the Lok Sabha.
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On Dhurandhar, Decorum, and Where BP Draws the Line
X.T.M explains a suspension of BB’s commenting rights until 2 April after he directed a film-style threat at another commenter. The post says the line is argument versus menace, admits…
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Dhurandhar 2: When the Villain Disappears, So Does the Film
X.T.M reviews Dhurandhar 2 and finds it hollow: with the villain gone, the Pakistani Muslim becomes simply a target. The review says the film educates audiences to hate and only…
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Were You Colonised or Not? The UN Slavery Vote That Split the World
X.T.M reads the UN General Assembly vote declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity as a West-versus-the-rest divide. With 123 in favour, the post argues the question…
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Ikkis: Thoughts on another Propaganda Movie
Maneesh Taneja reviews Sriram Raghavan’s Ikkis, on Arun Khetarpal and Basantar. He admires Raghavan’s craft but judges the film a failed propaganda piece, with a weak Aman ki Asha story…
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Is Hormuz, Israel’s Suez but Pakistan’s Second Act?
X.T.M asks whether the Iran war is Israel’s Suez, with Iran gaining leverage over Hormuz. The post argues Pakistan’s offer to host US-Iran talks is its second act, though it…
