I must agree that
each of us has a right to disagree,
in the same way as we do have that right,
when we agree with each other.
So be it .
Best,
Venu.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> 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}.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Dileep R I thuravoor
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