This was on old post about blasphemy laws that I wrote in 2015 and revised in 2021. It is on the site, but hard to search for, so i decided to repost it now that blasphemy is again in the news with two recent episodes where the police were able to arrest the accused (ie … Continue reading Blasphemy Laws and Blasphemy Killings in Pakistan
Across India, discussions about demographics are charged with questions of destiny and identity. In the Hindi belt, particularly in UP and Bihar, the focus often turns to birth rates between Hindus and Muslims, a dynamic sometimes referred to as a “cradle race.” This term reflects deeper concerns about societal balance, yet paradoxically, it also influences … Continue reading Demographic Destiny: Power and Identity in India
From our regular contributor, Dr Hamid Hussain. He is doing a series on Jewish-Muslim relations and sent these two pieces about prayer and pilgrimage in the two related religions. Jewish Muslim Relations – Shared Rituals – Prayer “Prayer is God’s backstage pass into a personal audience with Him”. Tony Evans Judaism and Islam has a … Continue reading Jewish Muslim Relations
There is an old post about blasphemy laws from 2015 that i revised in 2021. It is on the site, but not well written and hard to search for, so i decided to repost it because blasphemy is in the news again and I cannot count the number of times someone has managed to say … Continue reading Blasphemy in Pakistan; NOT a Colonial Era Problem
Nonsensical Nemo’s Note: I am very grateful to the folks at Brown Pundits for allowing me to publish this. I have followed this blog for many, many years and learnt a lot reading it. If you guys enjoy my writing, you can subscribe to my Substack. Just one note, the piece was written before the … Continue reading Anglosphere Media’s India and Modi Problem Part 1: An Introduction
The right socio-economic conditions, availability of trainable talent, clement weather all year-round and a pioneering entrepreneur’s vision to harness it all setting up a sunrise-sector business turns a dozy place into a prosperous hub of startups. This isn’t yet another paean to Bengaluru’s status as the ‘Silicon Valley’ of India. It is the story of … Continue reading How a small, sleepy town in Karnataka turned into the vegetable nursery of India
Carl Sagan famously said that you have to know the past to understand the present. As the inheritors of the Dhārmika civilization, to understand the present, we must go back to where it all began – Mūlasthāna, a place we are guilty of forgetting. An Old Fort of Dharma The origin of the great Bhāratīya … Continue reading Dharma in the Bhāratīya Frontier – Multan
I stumbled upon a thought-provoking but rather “vitriolic” thesis during my search. While I haven’t fully read it, it discusses the role of upper-class Bania women in reinforcing caste boundaries. The thesis suggests that while these women are subject to patriarchy, they actively contribute to upholding the caste system, benefiting upper castes. Through interviews with … Continue reading Reinforcing Caste Boundaries in Everyday Social Interactions
The following post is contributed by @saiarav from X or Yajnavalkya from Medium The 1946 vote and the Muslim mandate for partition The 1946 elections remains inarguably the most consequential election within the Indian Subcontinent. Jinnah’s Muslim League (ML)went into the polls with a single-point agenda of partition and the Muslim voters responded with feverish enthusiasm, delivering … Continue reading Indian Muslims and the partition vote
The following post is contributed by @saiarav from X or Yajnavalkya from Medium
