Ponderings on coloniality

I had always known about colonialism, in the tangible, post-colonial sense of being born in Singapore post-Independence from British colonial rule, and having been educated in schools named after the "founder of modern Singapore" (where our houses take the names of various British principals). I never thought much about it beyond a historical fact, perhaps …

End of the academic honeymoon

It's been a while now since I passed my viva voce, the verbal examination/oral defence that marks the culmination of a philosophiae doctor (PhD). In the UK, it's not a merely ceremonious event where one gets questioned by a panel in front of the public for under an hour. Apart from feedback from the academic supervisor, …