Nepal, Feb. 2 -- A common charge feminists in many post-colonial nations face is that their activism is "imported" from the West. When they challenge harmful practices within their own societies or advocate social change, fundamentalist groups reject their interventions and label them "Westernised". Feminism in these regions is dismissed as a product of a colonised consciousness, on the grounds that critiquing "our culture" or seeking to change it is understood as colonial reasoning. Behind this rhetoric lies a rigid us-versus-them worldview, in which "our culture" is imagined as pure, authentic, and under threat, while "their culture" is cast as an invading force. This binary leaves little room for feminists to contest oppressive cultura...