"But dileep, u didn't mention the harsh criticsms that ur paper recieved in Hyderabad that apart.. seems to be a quite intersting piece"
That is an incorrect report Ranjith!! My "paper" [ unfortunately] recieved no criticism!! There were two comments. You might be referring to the second one by Arun, a research scholar. Well, my 'transcript' of the comment and response goes like this. He asked me 'For whom do you translate violence?" I sought clarification whether he raised this in connection with C.Ayyappan's stories He said,' no about both the texts.' " I don't share your assumption that it is violence that is being translated. In Nalini's text, she is playful, conscious of her several identities though her painful experiences are also woven into the text" Then Arun vociferously shouted " You are a broker.. You are translating it for OBCs. You are an OBC. You are a SHUDRA " " Ok, now I got you! I don't take it as an abuse. Broker, pimp etc are marginal positions which we should reclaim.I take it as a compliment." "What is your political subjectivity?" " You seem to be interested in fixing my identity. In connection with these two authors I was transcriber to Nalini and instrumental in bringing out Ayyappan's shortstory collection as editor" Ranjith, taking the body language and volume of speaking, it could qualify for being 'harsh' but not 'harsh criticism ' on my paper! I know Arun personally, and am sure that he is capable of substatciating his position further. Am waiting for him to do it. Were you present there? [ Hope they would have recorded the proceedings..]Do you share Arun's views? After the presentation, I got a valuable comment from Suresh, a student who told me that he being blind, always have to live under constant suspicion. People thought it was not he, but the transcriber who was responsible for his success in examinations. The question of authentic authorship was re--presented to me by him in an insightful manner. Anyway, thanks for commenting on the abridged version.. On 10/13/07, ranju radha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "You die because you Think" seems the logic > wht more one can expect from a state where the major disocurse is on "How to > patronise voices" > > Nalini Jameela's agency could be acceptable now to DC, thnks to the > neo-liberal acumen of Publishers, which the "pre"-liberal world could not > offer to NAlini (our avowed leftist who do don-quixotian exercise against > globalisation may not agree.. yea i do agree that don-quixote is too > complicated a character to freeze inot a ideological time zone) > > But dileep, u didn't mention the harsh criticsms that ur paper recieved in > Hyderabad > that apart.. seems to be a quite intersting piece > so, > best wishes > > > > > > > > > On 10/12/07, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Sukumar Azheekkode alleged that it was Sudheesh and other friends who > > were > > responsible for the last press meet and death of M. N. Vijayan. > > A peculiar Kerala logic that is. Even a 'respectable' man like MNVijayan > > > > is denied of his agency in what he did . > > That reminded me of the way in which Kerala 'public' > > generally behaved to Nalini Jameela. Also, the way in which agency was > > denied to Rajeena, > > victim in Vithura case ... > > Below I am pasting a small descriptive portion of a paper presented at > > Hyderabad Central university > > on October 4th [ in a seminar on 'Translation and Transformation"] this > > month by me. > > The paper was titled " Who is a writer? On Writings of Nalini Jameela and > > C. ayyappan". > > > > Nalini Jameela came to the public attention in Kerala when her > > autobiography became a best seller.There was an uproar as DCBooks , the > > major mainstream publishing house in malayalam published it. Incidentally > , > > I was working as editor in DCBooks then though not directly involved in > > that project.Nalin was a friend much before I joined DCBooks. > > Everybody, [ rightists and feminists alike ] thought that her > > story was fiction and the real 'author' was the person who transcribed it. > > Surprisingly, Nalini hereself came to my home one day and complained that > > she was completely upset to see the published version.She wanted to revise > > it thouroughly. > > Both of us went and spoke with Ravi DC [ incidentally that was > > her 'first' encounter with the publisher!!] . The actual situation was > more > > complicated than we expected it to be.According to the agreement signed, > > the rights of her autobiography was with the person who transcribed it! > > Ravi DC agreed to bring out the revised version and Nalini got the rights > > back after paying 25,000 rupees out of her royalty to I. Gopinath, the > > transcriber. One wonders whether any other 'author' will be treated in a > > similar manner.In public's view, she can't have any political or > > heoretical dilemmas. > > After reclaiming the right, we ie; five of us worked as a group > > and prepared the new version out of fresh interviews within one month. Her > > decision to rewrite the autobiography also created much controversy. > > She mentions in her introduction to the revised versionn that she > > did try to write it herself, but couldn't move beyond a few sentences. She > > wrote this much in a notebook. ' I am Nalini. Was born at Kalloor near > > Amballoor. I am fourty-nine years old." This ended in her losing a client > as > > he learned her real age after accidenatlly reading it! Thgus lack of 'a > > room of one's own without cliends' foiled her attempt at becoming an > author. > > > > Couple of weeks ago, when the English translation was released in > > Delhi, Nalini respnded to questions about authorship in an interesting > way. > > most of the reporters refused to accept somebody who gets her > autobiography > > written by others as an authentic author.Answering questions about her > > next literary venture Nalini sarcastically replied: You just mentioned how > > can I be an author. Therefore ,it will take time for me to write the next > > book. Let me become an author first!!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Dileep R I thuravoor > > > > > > > > > > > -- Dileep R I thuravoor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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