While growing up, everyone around me who’d done M.A English would be all praise for Shakespeare and his plays. They would always recommend him to me, to go read Hamlet, A Merchant of Venice because Shakespeare is the best and no one can write better than him. This shows that how Shakespeare has been setContinue reading “Decolonizing Shakespeare 🍁”
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What is decolonization?
Decolonization once viewed as the formal process of handing over the instruments of government, is now recognized as a long-term process involving the bureaucratic, cultural, linguistic and psychological divesting of colonial power. Decolonization restores the Indigenous world view Decolonization restores culture and traditional ways Decolonization replaces Western interpretations of history with Indigenous perspectives of historyContinue reading “What is decolonization?”
Ain’t I a Beauty Queen Structural Analysis of “Fair & Lovely” Advertisement
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A museum of my own – 🌙
I have always been fascinated by Museums. Why do they exist? Why do we need them? When was the first Museum established? These are the questions that hold importance & are worth answering. Museums are the cultural wealth, they preserve collective memory & past of a community, a nation, a region. They preserve what onceContinue reading “A museum of my own – 🌙”
Art Series: Conceptual Art 🌙
Art Series, First brainchild: Conceptual Art. “In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair.” — LeWitt, ‘Paragraphs on Conceptual Art’,Continue reading “Art Series: Conceptual Art 🌙”
To Lahore, With Love
― to lahore, with love.
HI IT IS ME! :D
Hi / Bonjour / Salam / Hola / Ciao / Namaste, This is me. Hafsa. I like to talk about things. I like books, tea, flowers and poetry. This blog is a form of self-expression. I want it to remain, it is immortal, or is it? Nevertheless, thanks for stopping by.