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Thiong'o and Tharoor on Postcolonial studies

Shashi Tharoor: Indian Politician, Writer,a former career international diplomat and current member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor was born on 9th March 1956. He has talked about British Council Rule in India in his book " An Era of Darkness". •He gave two types of recently writing: 1. One is the contemporary scholarship on the field because he said he was not by professional historian that they had been doing...so, he had read Academic journals, books which shows the states of the thinking today by historian, sociologist and others of this issue. 2. Also read upon the lots of contemporary apologies for empire. ● Tharoor further adds that .... people like Lawrence Jemse  and more -  the bunch about the British writers who actually acquired a fair amount of visibility & even has a best sellers in which they had conducted self justifying, excersises, glorifying empire or of the very least portray through Rose Tincture...

Colonialism,Postcolonialism and Imperialism: Then and Now

The terms Colonialism,Postcolonialism and Imperialism according to me... 1.Colonialism- Colonialism is about to went and live to another country or land and establish own colonies. 2. Postcolonialsm- Postcolonialism is a term where people who are Independent or not colonized by other country or people but though they have an impact of colonizers upon them. 3. Imperialism- Imperialism is a term about people who are ruled by any king or queen and having belief in Emperor. •Colonialism,Postcolonialsm and Imperialism according to Ania Loomba:-     Ania Loomba- Indian author of Colonialism-Postcolonialism and works as a literature professor at the university of Pensylvania. The word colonialism, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), comes from the Roman ‘colonia’ which meant ‘farm’ or ‘settlement’, and referred to Romans who settled in other lands but still retained their citizenship. Accordingly, the OED describes it as: a ...

Orientalism by Edward Said

Hello! My this blog is based upon this below video... What is Orientalism?        Orientalism is all about the representation of Asia, its people and cultureby the Western world,The stereotype image of East as a backward and uncivilised then the West created by West.       Some scholars have noted the way west typically interpretes East and studying it as the Branch of Orientalism. What is Occidentalism?       Occidentalism represents how East is defying West.Some Scholars have reaserched about how East is looking towards the West,its people and Culture.

Reflactive blog on Expert lectures by Prof. Balaji Ranganathan

Hello!! Here is my reflactive blog upon our 3 days (19th August  to 21st August)  journey about Postcolonial studies with Prof. Balaji Rangnathan sir.He has effectively taught us Postcolonial studies and its various aspects.     During these three days Balaji sir has dealt with these topics: 1.Black skin, white mask : - Frantz Fanon  2. A Tempest :- Aime cesaire  3. Orientalism :- Edward said  4. Imaginary  Homelands :- Salman Rushdie.  5. How to prepare for Government exam [ GPSC, NET, G-SET] On19th Aug, sir has talked about What is Postcolonialism? and also about Black skin White Mask   During this discussion sir has given many relevant example to this the topic, witch helped us to understand about that notion. The first three chapters deal with the modern negro. The 4th and 5th chapters rest on a fundamentally different basis. In this the fact of blackness is important for more than one reason. Balaj...