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The Un-Continent of Asia
A ludicrously designated set of contiguous regions that involuntarily, almost distractedly, constitutes a nebulous landmass — there you have it, Asia. Perhaps the onslaught of the globalising West will impart the impetus for giving meaning …
S Patra | Jan 01, 2003
The awareness of continent
On the way to dominating us, the West defined Asia for the Asian and continues to do so in the post-colonial era. But other than a landmass called a continent and given a name, there …
G.P. Deshpande | Jan 01, 2003
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