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Academic Scopophilia and the alarming return of National Socialism in German Academia

by rti_adminon October 8, 2024October 8, 2024Leave a Comment52

Umar Nizar Orientalism as a discipline has been detrimental to the fortunes of eastern civilisations, particularly that of India. The translation of a corpus of Indic heritage by the likes of Max Meuller rendered India susceptible to military interference and onslaught by great powers in the age of steam-powered industrialisation. The inscrutability of China can …

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Neoorientalism and Scopophilia in the work of Mayank Austen `Sufi’

by rti_adminon February 24, 2019March 20, 20234

Umar Nizar The road to hell is paved with good intentions. With the rather misleading moniker `Sufi’, social media celebrity and Arundhati Roy groupie, Mayank Austen Soofi ambles around Delhi, chronicling the lives of the apparently destitute. This has earned him accolades in the form of invitations to the `Serendipity Arts Festival’ in Goa and …