by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Editorial, Vol 7 No 2
Nostos Maria-Ana Tupan, University of Alba Iulia, Romania The word “desire” suggests a distance between the appetitive subject and the object commanding attention, that possession does not remove. The newly acquired “asset” may fill a collector with pride, or serve...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Vol 7 No 2
Mark L. Kamrath, University of Central Florida, USA Abstract The history of East-west relations in general and between America and India in particular is one of cultural, literary, and philosophical encounter. Using a post-colonial and postmodern theoretical lens,...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Vol 7 No 2
Tuhin Bhattacharjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal Abstract Alexander’s conquest of northwest India in the fourth century BCE was often cited by the British in post-Enlightenment England to trace their own identity as conquerors back to the Greeks. Taking...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Vol 7 No 2
Corin Braga, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania Abstract To the Europeans, throughout the Middle Ages, India represented a fabulous country, a realm of wonders, an “oneiric horizon” (Jacques Le Goff). By using varied traditions inherited from Antiquity, the...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Vol 7 No 2
Saswata Kusari, Sarada Ma Girls’ College, West Bengal Abstract During the colonial era, when the British were in control of the administration of Bengal, they launched discourses meant to convince one and all about the drawbacks of Bengali men. In such...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Vol 7 No 2
Maureen Mulligan, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Abstract This paper will explore the question of how recent Western women travel writers represent India, while comparing this post-colonial gaze with that of writers during the colonial past. We will...
