Kashmiri Pandits
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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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Sizdeh Bedar, Identity Whiplash & the Gandharan Delusion
After a break around Sizdeh Bedar, the author reflects on being a 1.5-generation migrant who is neither quite immigrant nor native. He also dismisses Pakistani claims to be the last…
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Kashmiris are just generic North Indians, and there is no difference between Pandits and Muslim Kashmiris
Razib Khan says genetic data show Kashmiris resemble other north-western Indians, with no difference he can see between Pandits and Kashmiri Muslims and low-level Tibetan admixture in both, suggesting the…
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Book Review: Our moon has blood clots
Nachiketa reviews Rahul Pandita’s memoir of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus after 1989, praising its small-incident portrayal of changing neighbours’ attitudes and its account of the killings, and calling it the…
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Kashmiri Brahmins are just like other Kashmiris
Razib Khan argues that a paper’s 15 Kashmir Valley samples show no genetic daylight between Pandits and Muslim Kashmiris, though Pandits are an endogamous community, and that Brahmins differ less…
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Sting of a WASP
The author, who says he stands with Dalits, argues that Western vilification of India’s upper castes is unhelpful, that those castes are shrinking through migration, intermarriage and low fertility as…
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Kashmir: End of Militancy but not of Militarisation
Using casualty figures since 1988, the post says militant violence in Kashmir has fallen to early levels, yet argues demilitarisation looks unlikely given the boycotted parliamentary vote, coming state elections,…
