To deny the concept of nationhood that stood in binary opposition to the enterprise of imperialism is basically to deny imperialism and to see the whole imperial enterprise as a foreign rule. When we do a social-history study of colonialism as regards India, we must have some basic factual understanding.
Often in interdisciplinary studies, scholars tend [...]
Archive of entries posted on March 2005
Literature, Nationhood and Imperialism
Asansol Film Festival and Amu
The film festival at Asansol is held around this time of the year. This comprises a handful of good films – English, Hindi, Bengali – that are shown over a week at the Rabindra Bhavan. This time we decided that we would go to watch a film. We decided on Amu that has been [...]
Doing One Thing Only
In life it is important to do one thing only. The spread of knowledge is vast, and human being in one life time can at best become expert of one thing or two. One may have potential to do many things, and one may be interested in doing many different things. And one may try [...]
