free speech
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Western civilization is Indo-Islamic under its skin
Recalling how Indian and Muslim sensitivity to criticism of religion once seemed absurd, the author argues American culture is now drifting toward the same identitarian honour culture, adding that this…
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The Patiala Problem
Recounts a story told at a Cambridge gathering of a Hindu neighbourhood in Patiala fearing men in Muslim dress, who turned out to be selling walnuts, and argues that honest…
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Why I Repeated Aasia Bibi’s Alleged Words
The author defends repeating the words Aasia Bibi was accused of saying, arguing that sanitising the allegation sanitises the cruelty, and that freedom of expression means little unless it protects…
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Hinduttva
Watching a panel with Pavan Varma, Makarand Paranjape, David Frawley and Sadia Dehlvi, the author asks what Hindutva means, why liberals call such speakers extremists, and whether the real problem…
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They make Nazis look good
A comment on the New Yorker’s withdrawal of Steve Bannon’s debate invitation, noting that most objectors opposed debating white ethno-nationalism itself rather than the platform.
