Raghuramaraju, A. creator text xu| 2005 continuing ng p.4214-218 This essay seeks to point out an important limitation in Edward Said's discourse on colonialism, namely, his failure in recognising the internal tensions within the west, or the internal project of modernity. This limitation, a general characteristic feature pervading post-colonial discourse has its genesis in Said. Explicating the genesis is one of the purposes of this essay. - Reproduced. Colonialism Economic and Political Weekly 180718