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The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Indian subcontinent

  • South Asia Is an Ugly Postcolonial Euphemism

    X.T.M argues that South Asia is a bureaucratic euphemism from American area studies, not a neutral term. He holds that India is the old name for the whole subcontinent and…

    X.T.M15 January 202655 comments
  • Division

    Razib Khan laments that South Asians keep stressing their differences, Indian against Pakistani, north against south, high caste against low, though they share common roots and outsiders see the kinship.…

    Razib Khan20 January 202378 comments
  • Sharing a continent

    The author notes the subcontinent and China hold over 40 per cent of humanity yet know little of each other, and argues that Indian claims of a continuous ‘pagan’ civilisation…

    Razib Khan5 December 202058 comments
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