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Please read Part 1 and Part 2 before reading this article. Migration and deterritorialization The homelessness suffered by the postcolonial migrant has created many new dimensions of his postcoloniality as a postcolonial subject. One of them is deterritorialization. This [...]
Please read Part 1 of this article first, as this article continues from Part 1. This homelessness is a migratory rendered homelessness because it is neither a total absence of home and nor it is a home being found [...]
Subaltern Studies, Introduction This essay attempts to examine the critique of Orientalism[1]in India by Subaltern Studies Group. It explains how Orientalist discourse was constructed and constituted as imperial knowledge in South Asian context. In order to understand the critique [...]
Scholar's Corner: Our New Initiative! I want to share an exciting new addition to the resources on our website: Scholar's Corner! We have decided to include writings, opinions, and interviews of established and emerging postcolonial studies scholars on our [...]
There has been a growing realization in the developing and developed countries about the pivotal role of teachers in improving the quality of education. Among the commonplaces of curriculum – students, teachers, study materials, school milieu, and the assessment [...]
Teaching Kashmir There is a plethora of opinions on the political future of the conglomerate of Kashmir, my homeland. Is Kashmir a principality? An autonomous unit within the Indian Union? An integral part of India? A subversive unit with [...]
Migration and Homelessness The world has always witnessed migrations and the displacements of humanity for food, for better life and to escape from misery and war. But the migrations of 21st century are unique in the sense that people [...]