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Holi: Let the subaltern speak - Part 2

Holi: Let the subaltern speak - Part 2

“attempts to speak for the subaltern, to enable the subaltern to speak or even to listen to the subaltern can very easily end up silencing the subaltern”.

Having discussed the subaltern celebrations of Holi in detail in Part 1 - we will turn our gaze towards some of the most common criticisms raised in context of Holi, with a commitment to decoloniality and not simply “anti-oppressiveness”, which is a classic colonizing weapon and, thus, should be thoroughly investigated and not simply taken to have integrity.