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desi open thread
1. S. Janaki has passed away. I’m Shanti. She sang more than 48,000 songs. Great artist. She sang in 17 languages. 2. Australia is selling uranium to India, probably freeing…
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The Crescent and the Trident clash over their women
Two flags fly over the subcontinent’s women. One says cover them. The other says protect them. Both sentences have the same grammatical subject, and it is not the women. We…
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Pakistan & India as Imperial Nation States
The useful conversations at a conference are never in the room. They happen in the corridor, over bad coffee, among the people who did not get a panel. What we…
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June Readership Numbers
In June 2026 Brown Pundits drew just under fifty-four thousand visits, down about twelve per cent on the month. The shape of that traffic is more interesting than its size:
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The Gender Precedent
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The Meltwater Carries No Passport
On the Fourth of July, the day one republic celebrates the border it drew for itself,a room in Stockholm spent ten hours mourning a border drawn for someone else. At…
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Two House Precedents
Two precedents from the desk. Online-safety reports now reach us by email or not at all, and Brown Pundits recommits to what it is for: biodiversity and bio-density. A hundred…
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Geography is Power
The goal of this post will be to act as a counter to XTM’s post about geography not being power. It will rely on realism as a doctrine of international…
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Pink boots
1.oh God!! Germany out. 2. Brazil scrapping through. Japan gave Good fight. 3. Morocco hanging on. Netherlands out. What a game!! 4. Can’t believe and understand why grown up men should…