IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies

Volume 6 – Issue 2 – 2021

Is There a Correspondence Between “Orientalism” and The Orient? – Said, Dyson and Sen Amitabha Gupta Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies – Volume 6 – Issue 2

Published on Jan 26, 2022

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As humanity is approaching its third year under COVID-19, the virus’s grim day-to-day toll is becoming increasingly clear. By the end of 2021, over 5 million people will have died from the disease and many are continuing to die on a daily basis. The world has not even yet begun to count the psychological fallout from the disease, as only glimpses of it have become visible so far: children left behind in their schooling, depression among teenagers unable to socialise; students prevented from having campus experiences; parents at the end of their tethers because of closed schools and kindergartens; family members unable to see each other for years on end. Among survivors, “fatigue” is the most common words to be heard. IJCS’s current issue pays a small tribute to this situation. Holger Briel Editor-in-Chief