Postcolonialism The term ‘postcolonialism’ can be written in two ways: with and without hyphen. With hyphen (post-colonialism) it indicates the temporal marker: something which happened after colonization. Without hyphen (postcolonialism) it stands for the oppositional attitude to the colonization. In that sense postcolonialism starts not after but with the onset of colonization itself and continues till colonization and its effects are operative, long after the actual political subjugation is over. Generally anti-colonial struggle in the colonies concentrates too much on the political front at the expense of socio-psychological aspects of the colonization. It is assumed that once the political sovereignty is achieved, all the adverse effects of colonization would vanish like waving a magic band. The need to break away from the painful past and make a new beginning is so urgent that it is accompanied with equally strong ‘will-to-forget’ the memories of colonial subordination and w...
हिन्दी साहित्य, भाषा-विज्ञान, समाज-विज्ञान, भारतीय संस्कृति और सिनेमा पर प्रामाणिक शोधपरक आलेख। संपादक: डॉ. मनीष कुमार मिश्रा।