“The medium was the message Now the massage is the medium A mystery and a presage Of hours of hope and tedium Of ways that needed mending Of the elusive happy ending.” From Tambu Mey Gabhrahat by Bachchoo Hamlet said conscience makes cowards of us all. Historians and people who call themselves “cultural critics” wrestle with their consciences when they weigh up the reputations of the personages who explored the cultures of their imperial subjects. Some will certainly substitute my “explored” for their “exploited”. The past few decades have bred a scholarship of anti-imperialism. Edward Said of Lebanon and then Columbia University in the US...
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