this kind of supreme self righteousness 'even' in the name of dalit/subaltern politics reminds me of the 'golden' days of proletarian dictatorship. they rejected all democratic space, rights, tolerance, and dialogues by calling them bourgeois. if we assume any superior legitimacy for us over others, it will lead us to no better situation of justice.
nobody in this group fails to see the brahminic system of injustice and violence. but, instead of strengthening the resistance against it, ranjith seems to be bashing all directions blindly, thinking himself that he is polluting or attacking the whole unjust social system by irritating others, making samskarika nayakar speaks out, placing the people like dilip, who are trying in their own way to resist the brahminic and all other macro and micro power mechanism in our society, at the 'other' side. On 7/25/07, C.K. Vishwanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who > knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
