I was just reminding that
one shouldn't equate empowering the effected subject with
self righteousness of the supporters..
>From her point of view/ experience if something is
empowering,[ including the possibility of a compromise] let all other
disagreements among supporters remain at the background..
Otherwise, at a certain stage we will start critcising her
in a moralistic mannner .[ The way some feminists responded to rajeena, for
instance]
In any case I am still not in the least
convinced of a single word you wrote
on my response to the paper.
If it si the case that you 'like' it ... let it be!!!
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM, venukm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Dileep,
> Thanks for your kind response to my post to Salim and later to the
> Green Youth list.
> I wish to clarify my point related to your latest poser here:
> There was indeed a line of thinking at some stage,according to which
> we imagined that Chithralekha with her auto procured thanks to the
> people's initiative from all over the State and outside would move to
> a a less hostile neighborhood (but not outside Payyanur or too far
> away from her present home). I didn't use the expression "CPM
> hegemony"; I could not have really appreciated invoking such an idea
> in this context. I agree with you that this could have no meaning , as
> we find CPM hegemony almost everywhere in Kerala . Therefore, it would
> be a terribly bad idea to try fleeing it, rather than to encounter
> it. Nevertheless, encountering it could and ought to be attempted non-
> antagonistically, esp. when it comes to big or small clashes
> originating in the first place from petty egos associated with the
> power structures locally in command. For example , even as we wish to
> challenge the unwritten codes of caste & gender and their celebration
> by the CPM cadres and others, the last thing we would like to engage
> in, is violent conflict with CPM die-hards,which could be fueled or
> not fueled by smarter people in the CPM leadership, again, depending
> on several variants!
>
>
> p.s:-{It is against this background of near disregard toward
> understanding these nuanced structures of power involving gender,
> caste (and also "the party") by many of the more prominent players in
> the field of social activism that I cannot help finding something
> extremely refreshing and valuable in the paper by Jenny and Christy}.
>
>
>
>
> >
>
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Dileep R I thuravoor
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