Especially in the case of Chithraleka,we faced kerala
casteist civil socity's multiple biases.We could have
created a new space.The post-durban era(caste = race)
has innaguratd a social and political space for all
the oppressed communities of the world.Of
course,chithralekha's assertions should have captured
all these possibilities.But,castiest society was
cleverly sabotaging this assertion.Neo-brahmanic
strategies and their multi headed praxises are
buldozing these assertions.This is really a challenge
before the democratic movements of kerala.
--- Venugopalan K M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Jul 24, 2007 6:53 PM
> Subject: {greenyouth} Re: Caste and Gender In The
> Urban Space of Kerala
> To: [email protected]
>
>
>
> "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!!!
>
>
>
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