"let me add that this may please not be mistaken for calling you or others names"
Well, there couldn't be any better definition of fascism than given [ negatively ] in the above statement. Recently in MM Vision , Johny Lukkose asked M N Vijayan about the 'nasty language' used in Patam magazine against certain individuals. He quoted Russal and said that when somebody is not listening to you you should beat them with chappals and say it again!! Reading Deshabhimani these days I realise that they have become Vijayan's true followers. They are abusing him on a daily basis.[ As T T Sreekumar observed in personal talk, Deshabhimani was no different when Vijayan edited it. Only, the target was different.] I personally will never support such verbal volence despite the fact that they might be raising relevant points. We need more [ not less] democracy among us . Recently in Madhyamam weekly, a Samskarika Nayika wrote a self righteous article on Kilirur issue. She made certain vague allegations against Sugathakumari in it. Reshma Bharadwaj and i wrote a letter questioning her arguments and asking her to substanciate it.[ Not because we are Sugathakumari's fans] She wrote two or three sentences in reply in which at least five or six labels were pasted on us!! " neo liberals', " bookish' etc. Another reason why I am against demanding response from cultural leaders is the fear that it may have inherent anti intellectual bias. looked at it from a different perspective, every intellectual/ academic / writer is so in a particular field of their expertise. They are laymen in all other domains. Their rights as citizen have to be recognised. Being reflexive, I personally don't think that anubody could be self righteous and accuse others these days. We all are resisiting on different levels, allying with different people. If we all have ideological unity, we would have been working in a single organisation. I am not a full time activist. But I won't say that I am not one as well. It depends on what your notion of political subjectivity is. Here, in this forum, I consider Venugopal and Ranjith [whom I don't know] as intellectuals assuming the position of activists in order to attack certain other intellectuals who are presnt and absent here. One strange feature I identify in you and the Madhyamam writer is the same self righteousness I had while I worked in CPIM[L] a decade ago. I find that sort of a mood as masculine and undemocratic. I have been struggling all these years to reinvent political agency through practical and theoretical explorations....If you find the tendencies I am criticising appering in me at times that corroborates the truth of what I am saying, not other way round... As I have already said more than enough , will concentrate on listening for some time.. I am really afraid that i too am forcing people to quit this group!!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
