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The spectacle of national self sufficiency
For no particular reason, Donald Trump wished Team USA “best of luck” in the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup, a tournament hosted across India and Sri Lanka.
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Iftar without emotional support syrup
Every Ramadan, the real generational divide reveals itself at the iftar table.
Feb 23
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Third culture kids and the private fast
Ramadan Mubarak.
Feb 19
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Your identity crisis is not Zayn Malik’s fault
When Zayn Malik says his “Indian heritage” shaped his new album Konnakol, Pakistanis rush to correct him as if ancestry works like a passport office.
Feb 13
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The platform that keeps writers busy
Substack rewards a peculiar kind of writing more reliably than anything else.
Feb 11
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How do you bomb a mosque in a security state?
Pakistan’s security establishment insists it is winning.
Feb 8
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Prediction is cheap
I noticed it the way you see a streetlight flicker before it goes out.
Feb 4
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The politics of doing something that does nothing
The politician’s syllogism is the laziest form of public reasoning, and it works because no one forces it to grow up.
Feb 1
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The global economy runs on raw materials it refuses to value
It starts with something ordinary enough.
Jan 27
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They shot him, then searched for a story
I watched the video more than once because the first time my brain kept waiting for the moment where everything snapped into focus.
Jan 26
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What happens when a city remembers how to sit still
It starts late.
Jan 25
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The price of mercy in the attention economy
I did not go looking for a theory about modern charity.
Jan 22
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