Brown PunditsA Deccani miniature of a dancing girl tying her hair, Golconda, about 1700

The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself

Mars Orbiter Mission

  • Aur tumhare paas kya hai?

    A quip, using the Deewaar line ‘Aur tumhare paas kya hai?’, on India’s Mars mission beating China’s Yinghuo-1, with an anecdote about a tenure-track put-down.

    X.T.M26 September 20140 comments
  • India-Southern Research Organization (ISRO)

    Celebrating the names of ISRO’s Mars mission team, the author argues that parochialism is a sin liberals decry but cannot yet be wished away, that identities may be celebrated without…

    X.T.M26 September 20140 comments
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