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But the Khedivate of Egypt has a direct successor state - the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Sikh Empire, Durrani Empire, and Princely state of Kashimr and Jammu do not - this is why tensions are always …

Queen did which is good! I'm curious whether King Charles will though as he seems to own a fair number of private enterprises, as well as the other royals (I think Prince Harry and Megan Markle a…

The issue is colonial people in South and Central Asian history is weird because just about every South and Central Asian state (the Durranis, the Sikh Confedracy, the Sikh Empire, the Mughals, the Br…

I'm just making very basic arguments. I have no horses in this race - I'm an American citizen of South/Central Asian descent who has grown up in North America their entire life, I could…

Well, it was defacto owned by Gulab Singh at that point (who was basically his own automous and honestly pretty evil warlord - fun fact, my mom's side of the family is directly descended from his…

Why not Pakistan? Why not Afghanistan?

What about revenue generated from Waitrose Duchy Organic and other Crown owned but Private enterprises[0]? Not combative but actually curious, but I'd prefer an actual legal opinion on this, not …

But which Afghanistan - the Taliban or the basically nonexistent Government in Exile?

Makes sense! Looks like google fu failed me again!

But the owner before the Sikh Empire was the Durrani Empire before which was the Afsharids before which was the Mughals. So is it India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Georgia, Azerbaijan, A…

Tribal Soverignity is a different story than nation state soverignity. The Federal government has supremacy over Tribal and State Government. Worcester v. Georgia still holds edit: the OP is actually …

The diamond is worth only $10-12 billion (edit: at most), which is a decent chunk of money, but only 0.25% of the Indian Federal Government's YEARLY budget or only 10% of the Pakistani Federal G…

Sri Lanka hasn't recognized the Taliban government and India would also say no due to the China factor.

Who would the neutral 3rd party be? It would still cause the same argument as above. The United States (Afghanistan would say no), China (India would say no), the Commonwealth (Afghanistan isn't …

Not a fan of the British crown (why are they exempt from taxes during record high inflation) but who should they return the diamond to - Afghanistan (it was the Durranis that looted it from Nader Shah…

If you want authenticish Pakhtun restaurant style food in the Bay Area I recommend the following restuarant locations. Please add any other recommendations to the replies: Peshawari Kababs in Union Ci…

This article is a good overview on why some of the dysfunction exists in the DBI - https://missionlocal.org/2021/02/san-francisco-department-of ...…

This is a good overview of the dysfunction of the DBI - https://missionlocal.org/2021/02/san-francisco-department-of... …

My personal opinion is that this is an American problem and only Americans should discuss about this. The same way I am opposed to Russian electoral interference in 2016, in the same way I'd rath…

Not to invalidate OP's lived experiences, but they are Brazilian. Trying to extrapolate race and diversity issues in Brazil with those in the US is a bit of an apple to oranges comparison (and vi…

CU Boulder's MSEE is around $20k total with a pretty decent Photonics and Embedded specialization - https://www.colorado.edu/ecee/academics/online-programs/mast... …

Yep! They also prefer suburban tract housing. Also in Ireland and UK in my experience (my coworkers in the London office all moved to Reading, MK, Newbury, etc once they started familes). Amsterdam as…

It's not parts of Canada - it's all of Canada. A member of our extended family runs a construction firm in Western CA and they've been building suburban tract housing EVERYWHERE - from …

That makes sense. There really needs to be more investment in canal infrastructure in Northern Sindh and Southern Punjab. These kinds of floods were common in East Punjab/Himachal/Jammu back…

* son of a farmer. never lived on a farm myself (grew up here in North America) but my dad did growing up and during summer vacations we'd often help my grandfather as well with the kharif crop.

Based on the GIS dataset it's mostly Wahs, Distis, and Nullehs. You need an actual high capacity canals and locks to mitigate the kind of flooding seen in over the past few days. But the law and …