Dear Salim,
I'm sorry for the ambiguity in the previous mail.
I just wanted to express my reservation about the invention of an 'internet
opposition' by K.T.Kunhikkannan in his Deshabhimani article. My reservation
originates more out of a concern for a real left that would respect /deal
with / respond to criticism in ways inclusive, rather than exclusive. At
the same time ,I would say that there has not been any effort on my part to
blame someone in particular.
Secondly, there seemed to me something existing in common, with a Kerala
Police inventing a nirodh story (in the sense that it is totally irrelevant
to substantiate any criminal charge) on the context of the arrest of Madani
, and someone like K.T.Kunhikkannan inventing an 'internet opposition' vowed
to subvert the LDF govt. This (latter) invention, I believe, is meant to
sound as though the internet were inhabited by a host of unscrupulous people
who may be out of touch with the problems of people engaged in real
struggles.
Both these attitudes, in my opinion, warrant criticism to the extent they
reflect predisposition to generating 'insiders' and 'outsiders' ,though in
different contexts and for different purposes.. In the same manner in which
a person supposedly possessing a packet of condems would instantly be
deprived of honour and respectability, some persons or group of persons
using cyber forums for creating / maintaining political debates are, being
asked to capitutate, by implication.
On 8/5/07, salimtk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> whom does mr.venugopalan try to communicate with?!!!
> before 1-2 times, some people 'd asked clarifications for certain
> sentences in his mail, but he never found ready to explain.
>
> i hardly understand at first that his blame is against k.tkunjikannan and
> police, not the internet opposition or madani.
>
>
> On 8/5/07, Venugopalan K M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > The ominous thought of (distraction, menace and finally pollution of the
> > left domain of discourses hitherto kept from amoralizing digression ) the
> > 'Internet opposition' that is aired by Com.K.T, could match well with
> > what is in vogue in the left parlance of Kerala...further, It would have
> > been natural on the part of the police to have highlighted the
> > nirodhpackets purportedly seized from among the personal possessions of
> > Madani to
> > make it appear how terribly immoral such people actually were!
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Dileep Raj < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Aug 2, 2007 4:28 PM
> > Subject: {greenyouth} Madani and Nirodh
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> > While viewng reports on Madani's release in malayalam
> > visual media certain random thoghts came to my mind.
> >
> > 1. When he was arrested a decade ago, the police highlighted [ or
> > manipulated] one
> > side story; that few Nirodh packets were found!! I remember writing in a
> > college magazine, wherein my demand was that the Govt. should congratulate
> > him. Moralistic left has changed little within this decade.
> >
> > 2.Questions raised by reporters today were unimaginative and showed how
> > far Malayalam media got transformed in the meanwhile. Madani narrated couple
> > of Jail experiences and spoke about the impact of that on him. about a youth
> > who was detained for months for stealing a banana whom he helped etc.
> > Journalists were uninterested to know anything about the person. They were
> > trying their level best to extract at least one controversial statement on
> > CPIM , UDF etc. so that they could live on it for coming week!!!! [ Vs is
> > over spent, Faris Abobecker blessing kairali exclusively...]
> >
> > 3. Madani spoke about his commitment to Dalit- Muslim unity, human
> > rights movements etc.
> > The brutal experiences he has undergone did have a positive effect on
> > him. That resulted from the support given by concerned activists and
> > organisations. But the media and BJP spokesmen appeared to be demanding/
> > claiming a 'reform' in him through detention. As if he was imprisoned [
> > illegally] for that!!! The focus of discussion should be the changeless
> > biased Indian state machinary, not transformations in a poor victim.
> >
> > 4. I also remember anti sex racket committee expelling A. Vasu from it
> > for supporting human rights demand for Madani's release. Ajitha and
> > K.T.Kunjhikkannan
> > were behind it, said Vasuettan.
> > [ Now K T Kunjhikkannan write regularly for Deshabhimani weekly. He even
> > referred to a new
> > 'internet opposition ' against great Left govt . in ne of the articles.
> > It might be the first acknowledegemnet of 'green youth's existence in civil
> > society from real world!!]
> > There is 'untouchability' in Kerala's cultural domain. Certain issues
> > and activists are
> > insulted / marginalised through subtle tactics..
> > Tel: 09447316701
> >
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