Dalit
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The iPhone, Babur & are sons sold in shops?
A Dalit with an iPhone 16 has purchasing power, not the end of caste. And a Turkic sword at the birth of Indo-Islam is not a claim over South Asian…
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The invisibility of caste in Pakistan
Bombay Badshah rebuts Kabir on caste, arguing that Indian commenters have not needed to leave home to be educated as Pakistani ones did, that India outperforms Pakistan, and that caste…
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Conversion out of Hinduism and Caste
The post argues that the popular idea that caste explains medieval conversion to Islam and Christianity does not fit the evidence: regions with the least rigid caste had the most…
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Macaulay, English, and the Myth of Colonial Liberation
X.T.M rebuts the claim that criticising Macaulay and English harms Dalit, Shudra and Adivasi mobility, arguing that adapting to a colonial system is not vindication of it and that Macaulay…
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War of the Aryans
A very short comment, prompted by sbarrkum’s writing on Dravidians, Dalits and Aryans, which the poster says he will expand on later.
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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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Homebound with Ishaan Khatter
Reviewing the film Homebound, India’s Oscar submission, the author asks whether casting privileged actors as a Dalit and a Muslim amounts to Dalit-washing, and whether Western praise rewards poverty as…
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The 100th Brownpundits Browncast
The 100th BrownCast: Razib Khan and Mukunda Raghavan talk to Pushpita Prasad and Sudha Jagannathan of the Coalition of the Hindus of North America about the caste question in the…
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Talking points re: caste
As a placeholder, the author says he is often asked about caste in America, mostly by journalists writing about caste in tech, which he thinks largely manufactured from a few…
