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What would Braj Pradesh look like?
In 1961 ten mother tongues were grouped under Hindi. In 1971 the grouping widened to forty-eight, and Hindi’s share of India rose from 30 to 37 per cent in a…
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In Ruchira’s Honour
Ruchira’s daughter shared my tribute this week and called it amazing. She does not know me. Her mother did, through nearly two decades of this blog. In her honour the…
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Dharms are Natural Democrats
The indigenous record was procedurally rich and narrow. The colonial record was procedurally borrowed and narrow. In 1950 Delhi adopted universal adult suffrage at a stroke, literacy under a fifth,…
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The Writ of the Pakistani State into P.A.K
Two states reached for the same instrument five weeks apart. The AJK police called the protesters a challenge to the writ of the state. Pradhan put tukde-tukde forces at Jantar…
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The Price of India’s Soul?
X.T.M examines the Great Nicobar port and township project, arguing from reported Finance Ministry records that its strategic rationale was added after the fact, and asks whether the port is…
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The Cockroach Takes a Bow
Flag-occupation is not sufficient. Shaheen Bagh flew the tricolour and read the Preamble nightly, and was sorted out of the nation anyway. The CJP was not, and the difference is…
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Inside Pakistan’s High-Stakes Gamble on Trump
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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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Open Thread – Iran & CJP
Open thread from X.T.M on the war in Iran and the continuing CJP protests in India, asking about Sonam Wangchuk and why the Education Minister has not resigned, with praise…
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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…
