Search results for: “colonialism”
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The brown immigrant vs. the brown American
Razib Khan responds to a report on US colleges banning caste discrimination, arguing it flattens a recent Nepali immigrant’s experience into Indian American life, that US-raised Indian Americans may not…
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The Dravidaryan Invasion Theory
The Emissary examines what he calls the Dravidaryan invasion theory, arguing that the Aryan-versus-Dravidian story is a half-truth shaped by politics, from Periyar’s movement to Hindutva’s claims of indigeneity, and…
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Why the Aryan debate matters and why it should NOT
Nachiketa revisits the Aryan debate as a question of identity and politics rather than history, arguing it is largely irrelevant to the issues it is tied to, such as colonial…
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Synopsis of Afghan War and Consequences
The author argues that Jimmy Carter’s 1979 funding and arming of the mujahideen began a chain from the Taliban to 9/11 and the war on terror that destroyed Afghanistan and…
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Antiblackness and British South Asians – some cultures are to be judged, but others are not
Responding to a first-person piece on anti-blackness in a Bengali family, the author accepts the prejudice is real but argues the family’s worries about single parenthood had substance, citing higher…
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India Stack: The Art of Digital Alchemy
The author presents India Stack, the country’s digital identity and payments infrastructure, as quite possibly the most advanced and successful fintech stack anywhere, and traces how digital payments and Direct…
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The material wages of caste
Razib Khan sets aside the arguments over caste, varna and jati and asks what caste has meant materially, for wealth and work.
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Saffron on the outside, woke on the inside
The author argues that although Hindutva and ‘woke’ politics are opposed in theory, parts of Hindutva Twitter borrow the woke style, including emphasis on feeling, lack of humour and identitarianism,…
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What’s in a name? That which we call a Swastika, isn’t exactly a symbol of hate
Recalling drawing auspicious symbols on exam papers in India and learning of Germany’s ban on the swastika, the author argues it is not simply a symbol of hate and traces…
