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There's this thing Hindus do. It's cringing. That involuntary full-body recoil when someone mentions anything remotely dharmic in mixed company. The quick glance around to see who's watching before you touch your parents' feet. The way "spiritual" is acceptable but "
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You think your secularism is the thin line between civilization and chaos, between modernity and medieval darkness. You've been taught that without this precious imported ideology, India would spontaneously combust into communal violence, that 1.4 billion people would tear each other apart over gods and temples and
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You know what's beautiful about Indian "liberalism"? The sheer consistency of its inconsistency. This species— the Enlightened Indian "Liberal"—has mastered the art of geopolitical contortionism. They twist themselves into pretzels as they navigate foreign policy. They're experts at assuming "principled
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You thought you were smart. You navigated the labyrinth of Indian bureaucracy and the soul-crushing competition. You aced your entrance exams, and you landed on Western shores with a shiny new H-1B visa. You were the golden child, the escapee, the one who made it. And then, in a elegant
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We are told that India threw off the colonial yoke in 1947, built a vibrant democracy, and developed an independent press that speaks truth to power. We love telling ourselves this story. It makes us feel good about our post-colonial journey, our intellectual evolution, our hard-won sovereignty. Except—It'
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I had not expected that grief would be so disorienting. The experts speak of 'stages'—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—as if loss was a metro line with clearly marked stops. They do not mention that you will Google 'how to feel normal again' at 3
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Tell me if you nod along with any of this: Pakistan is a struggling democracy, victim of colonial legacy, fighting terrorism while managing complex regional dynamics. Western foreign policy experts make sense when they talk about "strategic partnerships." Indian liberals have a point about "people-to-people connections"
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Dear defender of the faith. You think you're seeking truth, don't you? You've got your worldview all mapped out—your beliefs about God, politics, human nature, whatever gets you through the day. You've built yourself a nice little ideological fortress, and you
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Dear atheists. I get it. I really do. You figured out Santa Claus was not real around age eight, and you've been applying that same ruthless logic to everything since. God? Mythology. Soul? Brain chemistry. Meaning? Human construct. Purpose? Evolutionary accident. You've stripped away the comforting
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People without roots don't fight back. That's why they cut yours. You think losing your culture happened naturally? You think forgetting your family's stories, abandoning your traditions, and feeling ashamed of your ancestors' ways is just "progress"? Wake up. This was
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The common belief is that karma is some cosmic justice. Some divine scoreboard where bad people get their comeuppance and good people win lottery tickets. You've probably nodded along to this sanitized, Westernized idiocy while sipping your 'chai tea', thinking karma works like some celestial court
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Your cousin gets into Harvard. The whole family shares the Facebook post. Your aunt calls everyone she knows. Banners are put up. And you feel it too - that swell of pride, that sense of "we made it." But here's what you don't realize