i remember gail omvedt's article on this topic.she
analysed it brilliantly.The post-dalit panther
politics of india don't want any patronage.Multiple
oppressions of dalits have been sidelining for
centuries.The particular inclusion/exclusion strategy
of castiest strategy doesn't work anymore.chithralekha
issue has exposed the silence of castiest civil
society in kerala.Otherwise,how can we create a
democratic civil society?
--- Ranjit Ranjit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi dilip,
>
> see i have no claims of an activist or intellectual
>
> i wanna raise the issue of Dalit/subaltern refering
> chitralekha issue, as a
> continuation of wht Mr Venugopal wrote. and i begun
> by raising the quesion
> of silence and invisibility.... i have mentioned it
> in my previous mails and
> dont want to repeat all those things again..
> i want to make it clear that i have nothing personal
> against dilip or
> others, though i critisice them severely... (see i
> know Anivar, but that
> doesn't meant that i cant critisice him)
> i never met Venugopal, dilip, anil, rafeek and
> others...
>
> when differences arise in a heated debate it's quite
> 'natural' to expect
> 'verbal violence'
> 'violence' indicate that there is some probelm
> it shows the breaks in the commensensical homogenous
> linearity of
> history/writing/reading
> and many times it become s the only weapon for the
> downtrodden to fight the
> subtle, but cleverly placed 'violence' of caste
> hegemonies in public/private
> spheres
>
> as one Black writer wrote (quoting from memory) that
> if i dont call a racist
> white a 'bastard' , i am not black..." (not the
> exact words, but 'BASTARD i
> remember)
>
> so those who got hurt need not feel "FRUSTRATED"
> it's a historical necessity
> as i believe it's time for the Dalit/subaltern to
> attack with whatever they
> get in hand, whether it is theory or 'theri'
> (perhaphs they might invent
> better non-Brahmincal theries for that..)
>
> a humble request to who plans to run away from
> greenyouth, " I might have
> POLLUTED the sacred space of urs, but remember, WE,
> not just I, will come
> wherever u go to pollute ...(dont mind whether u
> call it fascist or not, as
> I think, your way of "democracy" is worst than our
> "fascism")
>
> with personal greeatings to all and wish a happy
> discussion further in this
> forum
>
> regards
>
> with metta
>
>
>
>
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