Does history repeat itself? Reading Frantz Fanon’s A Dying Colonialism today feels like reading a direct blueprint for modern resistance, drawing undeniable parallels to the occupation of Palestine. Dive into this 5-part breakdown of how the Algerian people successfully turned the “master’s tools”, from the veil and family structures to radios and healthcare, against their occupiers to dismantle a 132-year colonial chokehold.
Category: book review
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (review with spoilers)
Shankari Chandran explores Australia’s racial tensions in a really clever and interesting way. By juxtaposing them with the ethic tensions in Sri Lanka, also carefully crafted by its colonial overlords, the British (the familiar strategy of divide and rule was implemented to exacerbate differences between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority), she highlights the deeply human need to belong. The white Australians who are so afraid of their land being overtaken by non-white immigrants, refuse to acknowledge that the land was never theirs to claim.
The Giant Dark by Sarvat Hasan – book review
Although this is primarily a love story, it also explores other relationships, specifically family.
This Hybrid Reads 