By asserting dominance and 'civilising' their 'barbaric' subjects, colonisers tried to make 'blurred copies' of themselves.
Politics
There’s Nothing Honorable or Decent About Colin Powell’s Long List of War Crimes
The list of noble attributes heaped upon Powell after his death is long. But using such attributes to carry out an illegal war, as Powell did, is despicable, not noble.
It Was Not Just Farmers Who Were Murdered in Lakhimpur Kheri
'It was a murder of the dreams of our freedom fighters by criminals turned lawmakers'.
Salaries to Remittances: Afghans Embrace Crypto Amid Financial Chaos
With currency shortages and bank closures, Afghans are taking to cryptocurrency as a hedge.
‘Resurrection’: Reading Tolstoy’s Last Work of Fiction in 2021
Even 111 years after his death, this author still has important things to tell us about the time we currently live in.
Afrofuturism And its Possibility of Elsewhere: The Power of Political Imagination
Cultural theorist Kodwo Eshun defines Afrofuturism as a practice to establish the historical character of Black culture by bringing African peoples into a global history denied to them.
Trial of 100-Year-Old Man in Germany: Why Nazi War Crimes Take So Long to Prosecute
The man is charged with “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the murder of 3,518 people as a former SS guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp.