Hindutva
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The Lutyens Brahmin & the Indian Muslim
X.T.M borrows the Boston Brahmin to describe India’s apex elite, admitted by assimilation, presentation and marriage, and asks whether the new Hindu order’s explicit loyalty tests for Indian Muslims expose…
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The Brahmin Civil War
Pattanaik gives us a priesthood in service — Baniya capital commanding, Brahmin ideology obeying. Look closer at the temple queue: the priesthood is in schism. Hindutva as an upper-caste revolt…
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For Gandhiji
Indosaurus, once unconvinced of Gandhi’s importance, defends him against attacks from the liberal left, which Indosaurus argues lack context, and links a longer Substack defence of his most contested behaviour…
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The Crescent and the Trident clash over their women
X.T.M argues that the Crescent’s seclusion and the Trident’s ‘protection’ of women are unequal in statute, citing Pakistan’s Hudood Ordinances, but equivalent in structure, as the bahu-beti bachao slogan and…
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Is Kabir Right?
X.T.M tests Kabir’s claim that many Hindu-nationalist readers come to BP to litigate Pakistan and Muslims. The essay argues that blaming outsiders gives India a permanent excuse, since caste, corruption…
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REPOST: On identifying as a liberal
A reposted older essay in which the author explains why he identifies as a liberal despite being labelled a Hindutva liberal or closet Sanghi, setting out his republican and secularist…
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The Inward Turn: Muslim Politics in the Indian Subcontinent from the Fall of the Mughals to the Present
Omar Ali reposts, with permission, vidurascounsel’s Substack essay of 13 April 2026 on the inward turn in Muslim politics in the subcontinent. It traces the arc from Mughal decline through…
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At the Heart of the conflict
Nachiketa argues that debates on India-Pakistan and Hindu-Muslim conflict miss a core issue. Prompted by the alleged TCS Nashik conversion case, he points to reports of forced conversion and sexual…
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Dhurandhar 2: When the Villain Disappears, So Does the Film
X.T.M reviews Dhurandhar 2 and finds it hollow: with the villain gone, the Pakistani Muslim becomes simply a target. The review says the film educates audiences to hate and only…
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Indian RW cheering for Iran
Nachiketa observes that many Indian right-wing, centrist and left commentators are siding with Iran against Israel and the US, naming several influencers and media figures, and notes that criticism of…
