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Ania Loomba is literary scholar. She wrote the book on Colonialism and postcolonialism. In the second edition of the book she talk about Colonialism and postcolonialism with the effect of  Imperialism and globalization. In the introduction of the book  Ania Loomba talks about the postcolonial studies after the year 1998. She said that after the year 1998 this studies have become more institutionalized in the western academy.  But at the same time the relevance of the postcolonial studies to the third world country can be questioned on two ground. 1. On earlier ground of being jargonistic, somewhat depoliticized and on encouraging a rare find approach to culture and Literature. 2. Second it can be question on newer ground of unable to account for the complexity of globalization. She quoted words of stuart Hall,   " The bearer of such powerful unconscious investment- a  sign of desire for some, and equally for other, a singnifier of danger"  She...