caste
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Too Much Masala Ruins the Curry
X.T.M says he agrees with Kabir that people should not be brought back merely as bait, but that caste, class and other structural realities are fundamental topics, and that BP’s…
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Caste, Aurangzeb, and the Price of Belonging
In four notes the author rejects chasing past voices, warns of a Saffronite echo chamber, argues that avoiding talk of caste preserves privilege, and says Aurangzeb is not a hill…
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Pakistan’s Inner Logic
The author argues that Pakistan is feudal and class-bound, that caste persists though denied, and that the postcolonial state never had a leftist rupture. He suggests Pakistanis seem happier because…
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Caste in America
The author argues that Brahmins are the civilisational custodians of the subcontinent and that anti-Brahmin undercurrents in some Dalit-justice coalitions risk cultural erasure, while supporting Dalit rights. He also revisits…
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Vantara, Caste, and the Fragile Commons
The author defends Anant Ambani’s Vantara wildlife refuge as a possible expression of Indian civilisational ethos, and argues that caste, also present in Pakistan, must be openly examined on Brown…
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Caste and the Structure of Discourse
The author argues that Dharmic South Asian discourse follows an upper-caste template, and that intermarriage does not erase hierarchy but can co-opt talented outsiders, as Ashkenazi–Sephardic marriage has not removed…
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Why does the West get Immigrants and not Indigenous
Sereno Barr-Kumarakulasinghe argues that Western countries prefer immigrants to indigenous populations for the same reason the British brought undocumented indentured Indian labour to Ceylon: people without legal status are easier…
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India’s sugar was bitter, until her first female scientist made it sweet
X.T.M retells the story of E.K. Janaki Ammal, born in Kerala in 1897 to a Thiyya family, the first Indian woman with a doctorate in botanical science, who crossbred sugarcane…
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🪙 What’s in a Name? Mukesh, Not Mukash.
Prompted by a misspelling of Mukesh Ambani’s name, X.T.M argues that upper-caste Indians wrongly expect wealth to buy Western respect, describes a Brahmin–Baniya compact, and says China profits quietly from…
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Denial Isn’t Just a River in Egypt—It’s a Dammed Indus Too
X.T.M rejects a commenter’s claim that caste does not exist in Pakistan, citing biradari, zaat and ashraf–ajlaf hierarchies, and argues that saying Hindus ‘left’ in 1947 erases a violent dislocation.
