Kabir
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Qawwali in Chennai
X.T.M notes the launch of the Unruly Bodies Art Exhibition in Chennai, with Tamil, Sanskrit and Hindi heard, and a friend’s correction that the music was Carnatic rather than Hindustani.
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Kabir, the Anchor of the Crescent
Without Kabir, the Crescent faction disperses. A South Asian forum without a sustained Crescent voice is a drawing room pretending to be a commons. Three rulings on Author autonomy, Founder…
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Moderation Notice
X.T.M tells commenters that the site now prefers many voices to many comments, and holds known authors to a higher bar than anonymous readers. Authors are urged to write posts…
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On Dhurandhar, Decorum, and Where BP Draws the Line
X.T.M explains a suspension of BB’s commenting rights until 2 April after he directed a film-style threat at another commenter. The post says the line is argument versus menace, admits…
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On Civilisational States and Who Gets to Claim the Indus
X.T.M disputes Kabir’s claim that calling India a civilisational state is a right-wing position, arguing the case is archaeological. He says Mohenjo-daro’s Pashupati seal and other religious motifs continue into…
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Loki has come to Asgard once again
X.T.M announces that Kabir has been made an editor with rights to onboard new authors, sets expectations for civil comments and no flame wars, and says he will mediate disputes…
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Saffron Strike
X.T.M reads the recent silence as a deliberate ‘Saffron Strike’, explains why he lifted Kabir’s interdiction, and says he will not interdict left-liberal authors just to bring back traffic.
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Episode 17: Mughals-the socio-cultural milieu and their Decline
In BrownCast episode 17, Maneesh Taneja speaks to Jay and Omar Ali about the socio-cultural milieu of the Mughals and their decline, the second of two Mughal episodes; the Sikhs,…
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Happy Birthday VL!
A mock-epic birthday tribute to a Brown Pundits colleague, written in the language of Dharma and divine incarnation, in which a long search for harmony ends in a meeting that…
