ELF Annual Research Journal 16 (2014) 223-242 Appropriating Colonial Practices: A Postcolonial Study of Mueenuddins Saleema Shamaila Dodhy ∗ ABSTRACT: This study intends to explore how identities of natives become hybrids during the process of colonization and in certain cases effect the life-style of the inhabitants of that region. An attempt has been made to analyze the perspective of a Pakistani writer who presents a point of view of the Otherthe unprivileged section of the society which has always been silenced or kept in background. It is the idea of granting those marginalized people a center stage and a chance to tell their story so as to keep them at par with their sahib counterparts which has made the short-story enjoy an exclusive place. Striking resemblance of this sahib with the archetypal colonizer is also traced out. The paper also offers a theoretical framework based on post-colonial studies for understanding the current research and for guiding future exploration. Keywords: Colonizer, other, hybridity, Pakistan, identity Introduction Daniyal Mueenuddin is half-Pakistani and half-American, who spent his early childhood in Pakistan, boyhood in the United States where he attended Dartmouth and Yale. Talking about himself, Mueenuddin says, "In both cases, either in the West or in Pakistan, people always view me as being somebody slightly from the outside," he continues "And I think I view myself as being from the outside. And that is something that can be aggravating and painful but also liberating and fun"(Neary, 2009, para. 3). He enjoys his experience of having dual nationality as he says, There is no balancing my sense of identity. Im always rolling back and forth along the spectrum, from Pakistan to America, depending on what Im doing and where, he continues I believe that this fluid identity is useful to me as a writer, because Im always looking at myself and my surroundings from outside (Trachtenberg, 2009, para.7). ∗ Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Punjab, Lahore..