Textbook Rentals: To Rent or Purchase? Textbook Rentals? Until a few years ago, as a college professor, I was completely unaware of college textbook rentals. I learned about it accidentally while checking the shelves of my campus bookstore to [...]
Introduction TOEFL and GRE. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and GRE are two of the required tests for admissions into US doctoral programs. I often get queries from international students about whether or not they would [...]
Introduction In my opinion, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is a burgeoning field in the education sector and earning a TEFL Certificate with credentials to teach English as a Foreign Language, all graduating English majors could enhance [...]
I just finished our first ever live webinar on Postcolonialism. This was a challenging task on several levels: I had to figure out live-streaming and the process of adding a chat box to our live streaming webinar page. In [...]
Introduction Devil on the Cross (1980) is one of the finest critiques of national elite of Kenya and their (former) colonial masters, the International financiers and bankers who still pull the strings in Ngugi’s imagined Kenya. Devil on the [...]
Introduction A fine Balance was published in 1995 and is probably one of the best novels about India and everyday struggles of average Indian citizens during the early stages of liberalization/ privatization of the Indian economy. In other words, [...]
Neoliberal Globalization Over the years I have read and taught quite a few books on Neoliberal Globalization and neoliberalism . I got into this subject area because I decided to choose Globalization as the minor area concentration for my [...]
Introduction The White Tiger and Neoliberalism In this brief article I intend to read Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger in the light of some insights about neoliberalism as discussed by Franco Berardi. In his celebrated book, The Soul at Work, [...]
Introduction What is Orientalism? This questions is often posed by the students of postcolonial studies. Published in 1978, Edward Said's Orientalism is easily one of the most influential academic books of 20th century. Even now, decades after its first publication, [...]
Postcolonial Author Page I have now started working on enhancing the Postcolonial Resources section of the website. As a first step, the Postcolonial Author page is being updated and revamped. Previously, I had all the major writers listed on [...]