Postcolonial Space
By Masood Raja
Hosted by Dr. Masood Raja, this podcast offers educational conversations on literary and postcolonial studies and occasional motivational and inspirational talks. Dr. Raja is a Certified LIFE Coach and offers services such as Academic Success Coaching, Time Management, and Career Change. Please visit masoodraja.com for more details.
Postcolonial SpaceJan 04, 2021
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S5E3: Presentism
A brief explanation of presentism in literary studies.
Apr 15, 202305:49
S5E2: Intro to Democratic Criticism, My Forthcoming Book
This is an introduction to my forthcoming book, Democratic Criticism : Poetics of Incitement and the Muslim Sacred.
Jan 13, 202307:52
S5E1: Let us Focus on Kindness in 2023
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Jan 01, 202307:53
S4E31: Thank you for this Wonderful Year
Thank you all so much for your support. I will be back with a revamped podcast next year.
Dec 22, 202204:33
S4E30: How to Change the World?
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Oct 29, 202216:17
S4E29: Could India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Retinue? Time for some Daring Thoughts
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Oct 17, 202209:10
S4E28: Seeking your Suggestions to Revamp this Podcast
I have decided to revamp this podcast and focus more on original content about life, its struggles, trials and triumphs. Please feel free to share your suggestion.
Sep 28, 202203:42
S4E18: Academic Success Coaching
This is a brief introduction to my academic success coaching services. Please visit my website masoodraja.com for more details.
May 25, 202206:09
S4E17: Introducing my Life Coaching Services
I just wanted to share that I will now start adding motivational episodes related to my life coaching practice. Please do visit my website, masoodraja.com, and let me know if I can be of any service.
May 09, 202204:23
S4E13: Differences between Teaching and Life Coaching
This is adapted from my YouTube channel. Please read my article on my website: masoodraja.con
Apr 15, 202210:44
S4E10: From Soldier to Scholar, My Interview by Dr. Amrita Ghosh
This interview was published by Space Ink
Apr 02, 202249:11
S4E9: on Love: Excerpt from My Course on Udemy
This is one of the lessons in my course on Udemy: Five Most Important Things in Life. www.udemy.com/course/five-best-life-practices/?referralCode=7477ECAC71B1D244433B
Mar 06, 202214:58
S4E7: Kindness is Self Care
Adapted from my Kind Coaching website: masoodraja.com
Feb 24, 202207:32
S4E5: I Resigned my Position but I will continue to teach
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Jan 29, 202206:14
S4E3: Introduction to my Book on ISIS
Adapted from my booktube channel on YouTube: RajaReads
Jan 23, 202209:33
S3E14: My UX Research Learning Journey
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Nov 06, 202111:30
S3E13: (Video) How to Rise in a System Without Losing Yourself? Building on Don Norman’s Ideas about Designers
From my Youtube channel.
In this brief videos I build on something that Don Norman, the father of design thinking, suggests about designers rising high so that they can be in decision making positions. I add that one ought to crate methods to remember where one came from, as all systems try to invigorate people within the logic of the system.
Paulo Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. https://amzn.to/3DK0wJO
Don Norman. The Design of Everyday Things. https://amzn.to/3p7jtBY
Design Courses: https://www.interaction-design.org/learn-ux-design?r=masood-raja
Oct 28, 202113:07
S3E12: How to Rise Within a System without Compromising Yourself?
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Oct 21, 202113:08
S3E9: Why we need more Postcolonialism scholars?
Adapted from my YouTube channel
Oct 09, 202115:44
S3E7: Webinar: Postcolonialism and Nation State, Central University Kerala
This is an edited version of a video webinar delivered to faculty and students of the English department of Central university Kerala
Oct 02, 202101:21:53
S3E2: Afghanistan: Indo-Pak and US Obligations to the Afghan People
My views on the plight of Afghan people under Taliban
Aug 31, 202115:54
S3E1: There is no Universal Self Interest
In this episode, adapted from my YouTube channel, I discuss how self Interest is always class based
Aug 28, 202107:53
S2E50: In Solidarity with People of Afghanistan
This episode has been adapted from my YouTube video on the fall of Afghanistan to Taliban.
Aug 27, 202114:38
S2E48: Why Some People Belittle Others?
This brief episode discusses the nature of bullying and offers some tentative thoughts on how to cope with it.
May 16, 202111:07
S2E47: Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi| An Afghan Story
A story set in the times of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Apr 05, 202117:09
S2E45: On Life and What Gives it Meaning
This is an adapted version of one of my YouTube conversations.
Mar 27, 202111:35
S2E42: Daastaan of Amir Hamza| Greatest Urdu Epic| Introduction
This introduction is adapted from my BookTube channel.
Mar 19, 202114:44
S2E35: Webinar Postcolonialism| General Q and A
Adapted from my webinar on 02/27/2021
Mar 05, 202152:30
S2E28: Texas Snowstorm, Experience, Thoughts, and Reflections
This episode offers my thoughts and reflections on the Texas Snowstorm of 2021 and the suffering caused by government failure.
Feb 18, 202108:18
S2E22: Dedoxification: Linda Hutcheon| Postmodernism
Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode provides and explanation of the term Dedoxification as theorized and discussed by Linda Hutcheon in her book The Politics of Postmodernism.
Feb 05, 202113:37
S2E21: Random Thoughts About the World on my Birthday| the GOP, Conservatism, and the Ultra Right
Random Thoughts About the World on my Birthday| the GOP, Conservatism, and the Ultra Right
Some of my thoughts about the American political divide and how to understand it. Masood Raja: "The Religious Right and the Talibanization of America." amzn.to/39BoV8c
Some of my thoughts about the American political divide and how to understand it. Masood Raja: "The Religious Right and the Talibanization of America." amzn.to/39BoV8c
Feb 03, 202115:45
S2E20: Mohanty: Feminism Without Borders, Chapter 2 (Part 1)
This is an edited version of my recorded YouTube lecture on Chandra Mohanty’s book.
Feb 01, 202147:26
S2E19: Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities| Webinar with Q and A
This is an edited version of an online webinar on Benedict Anderson’s book Imagined Communities.
Jan 29, 202143:46
S2E18: What is Postcolonial and How to Write about it
Brief guidelines about discerning what is postcolonial in a text and some tips about writing papers informed by postcolonial theory.
Jan 27, 202111:09
S2E17: Mohanty, Feminism Without Borders, Chapter 1 (Edited Class Session)
An edited version of my class session on chapter 1 of Chandra Mohanty’s book.
Jan 25, 202149:48
S2E16: Book Discussions: The God of Small Things
An adaptation of my webinar on The God of Small Things.
Jan 22, 202101:02:08
S2E15: The Postcolonial and the Postmodern| Lecture and Q & A
This is an adapted version of my YouTube webinar on Postcolonialism and postmodernism.
Jan 20, 202101:00:08
S2E14: Chandra Mohanty: Feminism Without Borders| Introduction
This episodes offers a discussion of Chandra Mohanty's book Introduction.
Jan 18, 202112:17
S2E13: Postcolonialism a la Robert Young| Lecture and Q&A
Adapted from my YouTube channel, this episode provides a discussion of Postcolonialism as explained by Robert Young.
Jan 15, 202101:05:16
S2E12: Book Discussions: Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Webinar with Q and A
This episode has been adapted from a live Youtube webinar and includes my discussion of the novel as well a question answer session at the end.
Jan 13, 202101:11:13
S2E11: Book Discussions: Abeng (A Novel) | Michelle Cliff | Postcolonialism | Jamaican Writers
Abeng (A Novel) | Michelle Cliff | Postcolonialism | Jamaican Writers Description from Wikipedia: Abeng (Ä běng) is a novel related to Maroons, published in 1984 by Michelle Cliff. It is a semi-fictional autobiographical novel about a mixed-race Jamaican girl named Clare Savage growing up in the 1950s. It explores the historical repression resulting from British imperialism in Jamaica. Facts regarding imperialism of the island are dispersed throughout the narrative, as well as facts about slavery in Jamaica and Jamaican folklore. It is emphasized that the protagonists are generally unaware of these facts, which often serve to reveal the brutal nature of both slavery and imperialism. In this way Cliff reveals her intentions for the book. It is a piece of revisionist literature meant to challenge the mainstream narrative of Jamaican history. The character Clare Savage would return in Michelle Cliff's next novel, No Telephone to Heaven.
Jan 11, 202116:32
S2E10: Book Discussions: Amos Tutuola: The Palm-Wine Drinkard | Nigerian Writers | Postcolonialism
Amos Tutuola: The Palm-Wine Drinkard | Nigerian Writers | Postcolonialism This is abrief introduction to the first English Language African novel to be published outside of Africa: Amos Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard (1952). I mostly talk about the plot structure and the sue of Yoruba folktales by the author. Amos Tutuola. "The Palm-Wine Drinkard." amzn.to/2VYzk6A Description on Amazon: When Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, appeared in 1952, it aroused exceptional worldwide interest. Drawing on the West African Yoruba oral folktale tradition, Tutuola described the odyssey of a devoted palm-wine drinker through a nightmare of fantastic adventure. Since then, The Palm-Wine Drinkard has been translated into more than 15 languages and has come to be regarded as a masterwork of one of Africa's most influential writers. Tutuola's second novel, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, recounts the fate of mortals who stray into the world of ghosts, the heart of the tropical forest. Here, as every hunter and traveler knows, mortals venture at great peril, and it is here that a small boy is left alone.
Jan 10, 202111:42
S2E9: How to Decide on a Dissertation Topic in the Humanities
How to Choose a Dissertation Topic?| Humanities Research| Dissertation Writing| Literary Studies In this video I briefly explain the process along with a few practical tips to choose a dissertation topic in humanities and literary studies.
Jan 09, 202112:17
S2E8: Six Ways of Thinking about Publishing in the Humanities
6 Ways of Thinking about Publishing in Humanities| Academic Publishing| Scholarly Writing In this video i briefly discuss six things to keep in mind in deciding your personal philosophy of publishing in the humanities. Full Pamphlet on Publishing on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HQMYEy
Jan 08, 202123:11
S2E7: What are Microaggressions and How to Avoid them
What are Microaggressions and How to Avoid them?| Workplace Microaggressions|Fix Your Office Climate In this video I briefly discuss workplace microaggressions within the context of academia and try to answer the question as to what are microaggressions and how to avoid them. This knwoledge is necessary to fix your office climate and to make it more humane and just and safe. I rely on the research published by Dr. Myron R. Anderson, and Kathryn S. Young, Ph.D. Please do take a look at their book: "Fix Your Climate" amzn.to/2Z2fzwB
Jan 07, 202114:48
S2E6: Fatima Mernissi on Women Rights in Islam| Islamic History and Women
This is a brief introduction to Fatima Mernissi's book "Women and Islam: An Historical and Theological Enquiry." I find this book to be one of the most significant works about women's rights in the Muslim world. View a talk by Fatima Mernissi here: https://youtu.be/eyZ1HlX1lxkNadvi, Akram. "Al-Muhaddithat.: (https://archive.org/details/AlMuhaddi...)
Jan 06, 202119:01
S2E5: Marxism Against Religious Fundamentalism
This is a brief discussion of Marxism as an ultimate cure for all forms of religious fundamentalisms.
Jan 05, 202112:58
S2E4: Tilism Hoshruba, A Sample Reading in Urdu
This is a brief reading of the beginning of Tilism Hoshruba in Urdu.
Jan 04, 202112:19
S2E3: Tilism Hoshruba: An Introduction| The Longest Fantasy Epic in the World
This is my brief introduction to the 8000 page Urdu epic from 19th century India.
Jan 03, 202134:55
S2E2: Book Discussions: The Dragon Can't Dance By Earl Lovelace| Caribbean Writers| Postcolonialism
Summary and Analysis: The Dragon Can't Dance By Earl Lovelace| Caribbean Writers| Postcolonialism Earl Lovelace’s The Dragon Can’t Dance is one of the finest Postcolonial novels set in the postcolonial Trinidad. Lovelace, in my opinion, is a chronicler of the Afro-Trinidadian culture and traditions, just as V. S. Naipual, another Trinidadian author, mostly represents the Indo-Trinidadian aspects of postcolonial Trinidad and Tobago’s national cultures. "The Dragon Can’t Dance" is set in the Calvary Hill, an urban slum and revolves around the lives of several Afro-Trinidadian characters with a special focus on Aldrick, the artist who plays the dragon in the annual Carnival tradition of Trinidad. The Novel: amzn.to/39p7eGWFurther Reading: Raja, Masood. “We is All People: The Marginalized East-Indian and the Economy of Difference in Lovelace’sThe Dragon Can’t Dance." [https://postcolonial.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/We-Is-All-People.pdf] Cohen, Hella Bloom. "The clothing economy of Earl Lovelace's The Dragon Can't Dance." [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275419983_The_clothing_economy_of_Earl_Lovelace's_The_Dragon_Can't_Dance]
Jan 02, 202113:44