while agreeing with some of the sentiment of this piece, i take exception to the use of sexual innuendo which betrays both sexism and misogyny, traits which are unfortunately far too common even in progressive and enlightened circles.
are whores always female ? is "fucking" always bad, or the merely the worst thing u can think of? imbuing sex with badness and filth is really a hangover from our religio-patriarchal past. it is baggage we must discard if we are to usher in a world that is truly free. anand On 6/2/07, Rajeendra Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stupid government websites and their whorish contents > Kerala government websites are notoriously stupid. Most of them are > created by C-Dit, an institution where dirty politics alone has sway. C-dit > has no academic business. The pinnacle of knowhow there is making hologram > stickers for liquor bottles. I don't know who the heck they employ to write > learnt content for their website. > > Almost every webpage that tells something general about Kerala has whorish > content that shamelessly trumpets its exaggerated "natural beauties". Yes, > these websites (and other sites that sell tourism) pose Kerala as a cheap > whore that touts brazenly crying out her assets. You won't see two > paragraphs together without multiple instances of that fucking stupid phrase > (God's own */*&%$#) which has been repeated ad nauseam. Here's a sample: > "Cascading delicately down the hills to the golden coasts covered by verdant > coconut groves..." > > Apart from the whoredom, there is the question of misinformation. What the > heck is Parasuram's relation with the history of Kerala? Of course, a > history of Kerala will have to treat that myth. But why should a bare > outline on the government website should mention this hatchet wielder? (I > think there is some shady reasons for that. This might sound like a > conspiracy theory, but it is worth looking into. A subject for a separate > post.) > See this page > http://www.kerala.gov.in/knowkerala/profile.htm > "Kerala attracted the notice of people in other parts of India even from > time immemorial. It is evident from the many reference to the land of in > ancient Sanskrit works. The Aitareya Aranyaka is the earliest Sanskrit work, > which specifically mentions Kerala. The great Epics Ramayana and > Mahabharatha, show awareness of Kerala on the part of their authors. > Katyayana (4th century BC) and Pathanjali (2nd Century BC) show their > acquaintance with the geography of Kerala. Kautilya's Arthasastra mentions > Kerala. The puranas also mention Kerala.Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa has given a > beautiful description of Kerala." > This is a stupid re-hashment of a passage from Sreedharamenon's 1967 book. > In Sreedharamenon the mention in Aitareya Aranyaka is about cherapadar, > apparently incidental. When some rehasher processes it, it becomes specific > mention. (A further rehashment is seen in Wikiepedia article on Kerala, > which is arch-stupid.) > Further: http://www.kerala.gov.in/history&culture/earlyhistory.htm > "They constructed strange burial monuments in granite, literate[sic] and > pottery..." > "In fact, there is very little evidence of the old and the new stone ages > in Kerala." > Here's is the best instance of all. > http://www.kerala.gov.in/history&culture/history&cul.htm > "The ancient history of Kerala is shrouded in the mists of tradition. The > most popular legend would have it that the land crust that forms the State > was raised from the depths of the ocean. Parasurama, the Brahmin avatar > (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu, had waged an epic series of vengeful wars on > the Kshatriyas. Came a moment when Parasurama was struck by remorse at the > wanton annihilation he had wrought. He offered severe penance atop the > mountain heights. In a mood of profound atonement, the sage heaved his > mighty axes into the midst of the distant ocean. The waves foamed and > frothed as a prawn-shaped land extending from Gokarnam to Kanyakumari > surfaced from the depths of the sea to form the state and hence the > sobriquet - "Gods own Country". > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
