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'The origin of several of the essays and stories in this present issue of Meanjin lies in a three-day event (7-9 February 2006) at the University of Calcutta: Globalisation and Postcolonial Writing: An Australian-India Conference, presented by the Centre for Postcolonial Writing , Monash University, and the Department of English, Calcutta University.' (Notes and Acknowledgements.)
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'For those who have left the island of Sri Lanka as well as those who have stayed, water retains a powerfully ambiguous force in their lives..'(Meanjin)
'Peter Goldsworthy reflects on past and present East-West literary links, and considers the biological roots of cultural hybridity down the ages.' (Meanjin)
'Kim Scott, from an Indigenous Australian perspective, highlights the continuing role and significance of regional culture in our so-called globalised or postcolonial world.'
'Is there no place for home in a 'globalised' world? Jennifer Strauss looks back on some of her poetry to interrogate past meanings of home and their pertinence to today.'
