There is also a grave misunderstanding as to what ' Postcolonial theory' is.
Unfortunately, the misinterpretation is endemic to the academy itself, and as
such, it is being perpetuated on every reputable forum. Postcolonial theory is
not a theory written after 1947 by intellectuals from the decolonised Global
South. Postcolonial theory is a theoretical perspective that argues for the
acknowledgement of power operating through culture, through language, and other
forms of symbolic expressions. It argues for reading texts and documents
against the grain. As such, the theoretical perspective applies to all the
cultural products of all societies. Prima facie, the author might be in error.
Sincerely,Sammit
Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar PhD(Religious Studies)
On Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 03:52:43 AM GMT+5:30, Rowena Kay Mascarenhas
<[email protected]> wrote:
Amita, thank you. Yes, two different people.
FN - a mix up there, probably inadvertent. The two Meeras are different people,
as Amita says. Meera Kosambi (d.2015) was Pune-based, lived in the house that
her father DD Kosambi built (I'm told it is a Goa-style house), and her well
known work is on Pandita Ramabai (published when I was at the OUP).
Meera Nanda writes on postcolonial Hinduism but I didn't have the privilege of
our paths crossing, though she is a well known academic in Delhi circles.
Sounds like a good session, will try to catch it on the weekend! Thanks for
sharing.
BestRowena
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On Aug 16, 2025, at 5:11 AM, Amita Kanekar <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Frederick,
Meera Nanda and Meera Kosambi are/were two different people. Kosambi is dead,
while Nanda is alive and based in the US.
Amita
On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM Frederick Noronha <[email protected]>
wrote:
A important debate coming up here: The author of the book being discussed here
is the Goan-by--origin Meera Nanda, the younger daughter of the historian and
mathematician, D.D. Kosambi, and granddaughter of Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi,
a Buddhist scholar and a Pāli language expert. Her mother was Nalini Kosambi
(née Madgavkar). She received a Ph.D. in sociology from the Stockholm
University.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRZTh1eDTI
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