The boycott has made Brown Pundits quieter, almost peaceful. I donāt mind it. Every few years the site reaches this point; it grows, gains noise, and starts to feel less like a hobby and more like an obligation. Then it falls back to something smaller and saner.
Iāve also realised that the Indo-Pak frame doesnāt really fit my life anymore. It was useful once because thatās where the conversation was; it gave the blog an audience. But most of that talk is stale now; the same arguments, just louder.
What interests me instead are the wider patterns: how post-colonial societies move in a world that is no longer unipolar. The Gulfās rise, Africaās experiments, Chinaās reach, Indiaās own breadth. How old hierarchies break down, and new ones form.
I donāt like following the news. So perhaps BP will drift in that direction. Fewer posts, less noise, more reflection. A space for thinking about what comes after the post-colonial age, when the world starts to finally balance itself again.
