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Mocking S Anand’s dense prose, the poster calls the upper-caste left unhinged by Modi’s win, asks for someone to defend his argument that neo-Hindus are dupes of the manuvadis, and…

Brown Pundits Archive24 May 20142 comments
Sikh stereotypes

Arguing that small minorities are lionised for high social indicators, the poster says egalitarian creeds fail the caste test and behaviour changes when a minority becomes a local majority, citing…

Brown Pundits Archive22 May 20144 comments
Shudra is king!!!!!!!!!!!

Reacting emotionally to Modi’s election as BJP parliamentary leader, the poster welcomes a Shudra succeeding a Brahmin president, hopes a Dalit and a Muslim prime minister follow, and asks Modi…

Brown Pundits Archive20 May 20140 comments
Ummah firster vs. Dharma firster

Casting India’s contest as Ummah-firsters against Dharma-firsters, the poster says the former expect a lower caste-Muslim alliance to topple upper-caste rulers, and warns with the case of Jogendranath Mandal, who…

Brown Pundits Archive20 May 20140 comments
The patron saint of the neo-Hindus

Responding to Pankaj Mishra’s ‘neo-Hindus’, the poster argues that Shudras and Dalits voting BJP is not simply false consciousness: the upper castes, it says, have lost control of the RSS…

Brown Pundits Archive19 May 20145 comments
Another 2 states observation

A reader’s reaction to the film 2 States: he likes its Arabian Sea against Bay of Bengal contrast, but notes how unashamedly it treats the heroine’s Tamil Brahmin identity, and…

Brown Pundits Archive15 May 20140 comments
“fake OBC” is not the “real” problem

The poster argues the ‘fake OBC’ row over Modi distracts from real caste discrimination, and that elites play the caste card for reservations, marginal votes and debating points. It urges…

Brown Pundits Archive9 May 20141 comment
A (muslim) man walks into a (hindu) barber-shop

The poster recommends a short film by Shlok Sharma and argues that South Asians should confront divisions of caste, religion and language openly, warning that exploiting identity markers backfires on…

Brown Pundits Archive1 May 20140 comments
“endorsement of Modi …lose faith in humanity”

The author criticises the writer S. Anand’s stance on Modi, arguing that the social-justice movement ignores that a backward-caste leader appeals to the downtrodden, and warns that rising dominant middle…

Brown Pundits Archive19 April 20140 comments
(Surya Devi lied) Mohd Bin Qasim died

A post on the Chachnama’s account of Muhammad bin Qasim’s death, which the poster calls fairy tales, adding that conversion changed little for lower castes, with an excerpt from a…

Brown Pundits Archive11 April 20140 comments