Monthly Archives: February 2011

The discussions we have had so far in class have increased the theoretical framework of my research interests in general. Subaltern studies is a key tool to understand the sometimes intricate relationships of different bodies in a multicultural society, intricacies … Continue reading →

Affective Communities: Anti-colonial thought Leela Ghandi (2006), chapter5 : “God: Mysticism and Radicalism at the End of the Nineteenth Century”, pp: 115-141 Leela Ghandi’s Affective Communities is one of the many academic works that embody a new and more productive way … Continue reading →

Sara Ahmed has laid out an interesting framework of Affect Theory related to the notion of happiness and its affective values. In The Affect Theory Reader, edited by Melissa Gregg and Gregory J. Seigworth (2010),  she has considered the notion … Continue reading →

Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neolibreal India, Aradhana Sharma, Chapter 6: “Between Women? The Micropolitics of Community and Collectivism”, pp: 150-182 In the introduction of the book, A. Sharma begins with the politics of empowerment and the notion … Continue reading →

Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies. Chapter 3: “Modernity and the Past: A Critical Tribute to Ashi Nandi”, pp 38-47 This chapter deals with Chakrabarty’s critical analysis of Ashis Nandy’s writngs about Subalternity, and especially the … Continue reading →