Using Grammarly for Scholarly Writing
Introduction Today I want to write about using Grammarly, the grammar aid program, for scholarly writing. As a scholar of postcolonial studies, even though most of my published work [...]
“The Dragon Can’t Dance” Reading Notes
Introduction Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance is one of the finest Postcolonial novels set in the postcolonial Trinidad. Lovelace, in my opinion, is a chronicler of the Afro-Trinidadian [...]
“The Joys of Motherhood” Reading Notes
Introduction Buchi Emecheta is indubitably one of the most prominent female voices of postcolonial Africa. I have taught her The Joys of Motherhood in several of my classes over [...]
Textbook Rentals for College Classes
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 [...]
TOEFL and GRE Requirements for International Graduate Students
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 [...]
Is a TEFL Certificate Useful for English Majors?
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 [...]
Reading Notes for “Devil on the Cross” by Ngugi wa Thiong’o
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 [...]
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry: Reading Notes
Introduction A fine Balance was published in 1983 and is probably one of the best novels about India and everyday struggles of average Indian citizens during the early stages [...]
My Top Five Books about Neoliberal Globalization
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 [...]
Neoliberalism and Adiga’s The White Tiger
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 [...]